Pennsylvania, 2001Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001
June 20, 2001 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 5:20 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 5:20 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
620 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001
...UPDATED...
SENT OUT UPDATE TO ELIMINATE WATCH 456 HEADLINES. JUST TWEAKED
WORDING TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR/SATELLITE LOOP.
....ROUTINE DISCUSSION FROM THIS AFTERNOON...
JUST GETTING SETTLED IN THE CHAIR AS ALL HANDS BUSY W/SVR WX.
CONFIRMATION ON A FEW CELLS ABV SVR LIMITS ALREADY AND CONDITIONS
CONTINUE TO BE RIPE. CAPES HIGH...BOUNDARIES A-PLENTY. SOME CELLS HV
DECENT ROTATION AND LG HAIL POSS AS THERMO PROFILE FAVORABLE.
IMMEDIATE CONCERNS FOR SVR TSTMS WL LAST INTO THE EVENING...BUT NOT
MUCH PAST DARK...EVEN IN THE LWR SUSQ. AGAIN...BOUNDARIES WL
STAY PLENTIFUL THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO DAY THU. THU PROMISES MORE
OF THE SAME...AS WE ARE WARM-SECTORED. DIURNAL MAX OF THUNDER TO
TAKE PLACE AGAIN TOMORROW...BUT SOME OVERRUNNING RAFL POSSIBLE AS
WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG THE RELATIVELY STATIONARY BNDRY AND RIDES THRU
PA. FRI HOLDS THE MAJOR PUSH OF THE UPR TROF DROPPING OUT OF GLS.
THUS...LIKLIHOOD OF PRECIP REMAINS. TEMPS TO FOLLOW MOS GUID XCPT
FOR A WARMER DAY TMRW FOR MOST ZNS.
XTNDD: LINGERING TROF/DYNAMICS AND MSTR MAY PRODUCE SHRA ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY ACROSS OUR ERN/NRN FA. THEN...IF UPR TROF CUTS OFF OV
APPS AS LATEST AVN/OTHER MED RANGE GUID SUGGS...WE MIGHT STAY COOL
AND MOIST THRU WED - AS CUTOFFS HAVE THIS NASTY TENDENCY TO BE
STATIC AND MAKE CLDS AND PRECIP3. WL START TO PLAY IT MORE ON THE WET
AND COOL SIDE OF THE FENCE. WL GO COOLER THAN MRF GUID IN LAST 4
PDS.
.CTP...NONE.
JUNG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:07 PM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
407 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM MANSFIELD PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 TIOGA TREE AND TREE LIMBS DOWN
BLOCKING RTE 15 NEAR EDDYS
RESTAURANT. RICHMOND
TOWNSHIP.
0145 PM JERSEY SHORE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 LYCOMING SIDING AND CHIMNEY OFF
HOME.
0250 PM MUNCY PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 LYCOMING SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
0315 PM MILLVILLE PA 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/20/01 COLUMBIA
0326 PM KNOBSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 FULTON LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:20 PM EST, 54 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
720 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM MANSFIELD PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 TIOGA TREE AND TREE LIMBS DOWN
BLOCKING RTE 15 NEAR EDDY'S
RESTAURANT. RICHMOND
TOWNSHIP.
0145 PM JERSEY SHORE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 LYCOMING SIDING AND CHIMNEY OFF
HOME.
0250 PM MUNCY PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 LYCOMING SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
0315 PM MILLVILLE PA 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/20/01 COLUMBIA
0326 PM KNOBSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 FULTON LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
0405 PM HARRISBURG PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 DAUPHIN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
0415 PM CHAMBERSBURG PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN.
0440 PM POTTSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 SCHUYLKILL TREES DOWN.
0447 PM SHIREMANSTOWN PA 81 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/20/01 CUMBERLAND
0459 PM STEELTON PA WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01 DAUP@HIN TREES DOWN ON NORTH FRONT
STREET.Tornado, Elk
- When
- June 20, 7:14 PM EST to 7:24 PM EST
- Where
- Elk County, Brockport
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -78.733
An F1 tornado touched down in the town of Brockport. Many large trees were uprooted or snapped off. The tornado touched down at Shawmut Road, traveling southeast until it lifted near Route 153, near Cross Road. No injuries or deaths.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 20015 injured · $59 million · F0 · 15 events
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 20, 20011 death · 2 injured · $50,000 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 2001$30 million · F0 · 34 events
- Hail in Colorado, June 20 to 21, 2001$5.0 million · 4 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maryland, June 20, 2001$2.0 million · 5 events
- High Wind in New York, June 20, 200111 injured · $25,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 20, 2001$635,000 · 2.75 in hail · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 20, 20011 injured · $615,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001$500,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 20, 2001$150,000 · 2 events
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 20, 2001$90,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20 to 21, 2001$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 17 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5253359.