Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998

A small tornado touched down just south of Table Rock north of Route 394, about 5 miles northeast of Gettysburg, around 12:30 pm EST on 4/1/98. The storm moved northeast for 1-1/2 miles, destroying a barn and taking down trees along a 100 yard wide path. A small chicken coop was blown away just north of Route 394 at the beginning of the damage. From there, the storm crossed open fields for 1/2 mile, picked up a horse watering trough and a bench, then blew over a fence. The tornado continued northeast, taking the roof off a barn, blowing in the barn doors on the south side of a barn, and blowing out the north side walls. A small cedar tree had been snapped off at the base and rolled north up a fence line, then hurled northeast about 30 feet. A farmhouse just northwest of the barn was undamaged. A number of trees were damaged as the tornado continued northeast to about 1-1/2 miles northeast of Table Rock. A woman at a home used as a daycare center told of hearing the warning alert on the radio and hurrying the children to the basement shortly before the storm struck.