Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999

A number of trees were downed.

A small tornado touched down on McNamie Hill Road about 3 miles east of Bodines near Kellysburg. The storm sheared off about 50 to 75 trees along a 1/2 mile path. a resident on McNamie Hill Road reported seeing debris from the trees being swept in a circle as the storm passed. The area nearby is mostly state forest land.

An F1 tornado touched down in Elkland township about two miles northwest of Lincoln Falls on route 154, then moved northeast through a crossroads near Eldredsville to Hugo corners. Trees were blown down as the storm crossed route 154. Just west of McCarty Ridge Road a group of campers narrowly missed injury when a stand of trees were blown over near their site. The heaviest damage was along McCarty Ridge Road near the town of Eldredsville. A well built older home was lifted just slightly on its foundation. The occupants told of seeing a cloud of dust appear as they watched from their basement. A barn nearby was leveled. The roof flew off a sawmill and landed largely intact about 100 feet northwest of the mill. Several other homes had some structural damage and one had shingles removed from a roof. A travel trailer was overturned and an outdoor shed was destroyed. A couple mobile homes were damaged by debris, but were not moved off their foundations. Tree damage was sporadic along the path with a number of trees down in the Hugo Corners area near the end of the path.

Trees and power lines downed.

Trees down and power out.

Trees and wires down in Warren and other parts of the county.

Trees were down in Otto Township near Duke Center.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees were down on several houses.

Trees down.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees and wires down.

Trees on wires.

Trees down in starburst pattern.

Trees were down in Jersey Shore, Saladasburg and Haneyville.

Trees were down on route 154 near Forksville.

Trees down.

A man was shocked by lightning while taking a shower. He was not seriously injured.

Trees down.

Many trees down.

Nickel size hail.

Trees and power lines down.

Downburst winds blew down dozens of trees. A tree fell on a car on route 27 just south of Garland, fatally injuring the 21 year old female driver, critically injuring the second female passenger, and seriously injuring the third. Close by another tree fell and completely smashed an unoccupied auto. Just to the east of Garland, a barn was partially unroofed and a silo was damaged.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Trees down.

A small tornado touched down on State Route 3005 just across the Allegheny River south of Tidioute. The storm tracked east paralleling the road for about three miles crossing Red House Hill Road near McKean Corners. Damage was mostly to trees with one home having a chimney damaged. A broad area of downburst damage associated with the storm extended south from Red House Hill Road all the way to the Pennsylvania border along Route 3005 (Kelly Hill Road). Hundreds of trees were down, power poles were snapped off, and many hunting and recreational cabins in the area had some structural damage due to falling trees. This was a low F1 event with winds probably best estimated on the order of 80 to 90 mph. In addition, trees were downed in many locations of Warren County.

Trees down.

Trees were down in Ridgway and other parts of the county.

Trees were down in Ulysses.

Trees down.

Trees were down in Emporium and other parts of the county.

Many trees down in Penfield and on Route 153 west of town.

Trees down and power out.

Trees were down on a state forest road 3 southwest of Cherry Springs or about 5 miles west of Carter Camp.

A tree fell on a couple cars causing serious damage in the town of Hollywood about 2 miles northwest of Tyler.

Trees down.

Tree fell on a car.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees down and winds G 60 mph.

Trees down in Tyrone and Altoona.

Trees were down. A wind Gust to 60 mph was recorded at Penn State University.

A tree was blown down on a car and a home.

Trees down.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees down on Route 44 near Jersey Shore and Route 973 near Salladasburg.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Tree and power lines down.

Trees were down in Monroe Township near Evandale and Kellerville.

Trees down.

Several trees down.

Trees down in Sunbury, Northumberland and Herndon.

Tree down on route 235 involved in a auto accident.

Large limb down in the town square.

Tree down south of town.

Tree down on Route 601.

Trees and wires down.

Trees down.

Trees down in Knoxville and 1 inch hail fell in Westfield.

A dozen trees were down in Homer township near Austin.

Trees were down and power out. Hail of 1 inch size was reported.

Several trees were blown down.

Trees and wires down.

Tree down.

Trees were down in a couple locations.

Tree down in Somerset.

A tree was blown down in Hanover.

Ping Pong Ball size hail fell.

Hail fell for about 15 minutes in the Williamsport area.

Two separate thunderstorms formed over the Williamsport area and moved southeast across the mountain into Montgomery, dropping hail from a dime to the size of golf balls.

Trees and power lines down.

Fruit and tobacco crops on farms in the Nipponose Valley East of Jersey Shore were devastated by hail. Seven orchards were heavily damaged, with an estimated 3/4 of the apple crop lost in what was to be an outstanding year. Tobacco farmers lost their entire crop, and corn was heavily damaged.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Trees down on Route 2017.

Golf ball size hail.

Trees and wires down.

A roof was blown off a home on Gay Street. .

A tree fell onto a house.

Hail the size of peaches fell in Seven Valleys, Jocobus, Glen Rock and Shrewsbury.

Golf ball size hail fell on Mt Davis about 5 miles northwest of Salisbury.

Wires down.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Power Lines down.

Power lines down.

Trees down.

Trees down.

Trees and wires were down at Treasure Lake 3 miles northeast of Dubois.