Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2005

Name: Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2005
Start: 2005-06-06T11:55
End: 2005-06-06T11:59
Location: Pennsylvania

June 6, 2005 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 6, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
945 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #413.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 320 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005)

SHORT TERM (TODAY)...
AFTER WHAT HAS BEEN A QUIET SPRING FOR SEVERE WEATHER THUS
FAR...CENTRAL PA WILL HAVE ITS BEST CHANCE SO FAR THIS SEASON FOR
STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS LATER TODAY. MOISTURE NOT A
PROBLEM... AS SFC DEWPOINTS WILL AVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE 60S WITH
DEEP LAYER PWATS 1.5. RESULTING MODEL CAPES EXCEED 2500 J/KG*2
IN BOTH NAM/GFS BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE APPEARS OVERDONE IN
FORECAST SOUNDINGS...SO THINK 2000 J/KG*2 IS A GOOD UPPER LIMIT.
UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT STORMS ORGANIZED INTO LINES WITH
WIND GUSTS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...ALONG WITH HAIL.
MAGNITUDE OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR MAY BE A LIMITING FACTOR FOR
THESE STORMS...BUT GIVEN THE AVAILABLE CAPE THINK THE STAGE IS SET
FOR AN ACTIVE DAY OF STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL PA.

CONVECTION CURRENTLY DYING OVER NORTHWEST PA WITH AN IMPRESSIVE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STILL EVIDENT JUST EAST OF PBZ EXTENDING
NORTHWARD TO NEAR KBUF. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE NEW CONVECTION BY LATE
MONDAY MORNING...SPREADING WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PA DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. FWC MOS MAX TEMPS APPEAR
SUPERIOR TO MAV THIS MORNING...AS MOST AREAS WILL START OFF
SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THIS MORNING THAN YESTERDAY. SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS MAY FLIRT WITH 90 BEFORE STORMS MOVE IN LATER
TODAY.

LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
UPPER TROF WILL PUSH A WEAK SFC COLD FRONT/TROF ACROSS THE REGION
BY TONIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BY LATE
EVENING. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING RETURNS ON TUESDAY WITH 850 TEMPS
AGAIN WARMING TO +18C...SO ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY DAY IS IN STORE
ON TUESDAY.  BUT GIVEN THE INCREASING RIDGING/CAP AND LACK OF AN
AVAILABLE TRIGGER...THINK TUESDAY WILL BE QUIET DESPITE PWATS
BUILDING WELL OVER 1.5.

REMAINDER OF WEEK WILL FEATURE MORE OF THE SAME WARMTH AND
HUMIDITY AS LARGE UPPER RIDGE CENTERS ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO OUR EAST...THE AREA IS
SUSCEPTIBLE TO SHORTWAVE ENCROACHMENT FROM THE WEST WHICH COULD
EASILY INITIATE MAINLY AFTN/EVENING CONVECTION ON ANY AFTERNOON
FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TRUE SUMMER WEATHER IS FINALLY HERE.

AVIATION...
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S WIDESPREAD LIGHT HAZE AND FOG WILL
AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE PD WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES.
ISOLD IFR VIS IN FOG/HAZE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE MORNING. CONVECTION
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTN PRODUCING SCT MVFR VIS AND CIGS WITH ISOLD
IFR CONDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...RXR

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 2:34 AM EST, 9 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
334 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-061727-
ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA-
MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA-
SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA-
UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA-
334 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ACT ON VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG TO POTENTIALLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. THE GREATEST STORM THREATS
WILL BE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY:

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:39 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1039 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

PAZ012-018-061515-
NORTHERN CENTRE-NORTHERN CLINTON-
1039 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CENTRE AND CLINTON
COUNTIES...

AT 1037 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF SNOW SHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH
ALONG ROUTE 1 44. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR HYNER AROUND 1105 AM
AND GLEN UNION AROUND 1110 AM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FORECASTER: DANGELO

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1045 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

PAZ012-018-019-024>026-037-041-042-045-046-061645-
BLAIR-CAMBRIA-HUNTINGDON-NORTHERN CENTRE-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN
LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN
LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-TIOGA-
1045 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF
HUNTINGDON...BLAIR...TIOGA...CAMBRIA...SULLIVAN...CENTRE...CLINTON
AND LYCOMING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM EDT ...

AT 1036 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WELLSVILLE NEW YORK TO NEAR GALETON...THEN SOUTH TO KEATING...SNOW
SHOE...WALLACETON...IRVONA AND EBENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HYNER...GALLITZIN...BLANDBURG...
ASHVILLE AROUND 1055 AM...LEETONIA...GAINES AROUND 1105
AM...PHILIPSBURG...GLEN UNION AROUND 1110 AM...WESTFIELD AND SLATE
RUN AROUND 1115 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF
MANSFIELD...WATERVILLE...AND STATE COLLEGE BETWEEN NOON AND 1
PM...WITH ADDITIONAL STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS LIKELY
ACROSS THE REGION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS WITHIN THE LINE.

EXPECT FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THESE
STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR STAY IN THE OPEN WHEN
LIGHTNING THREATENS.

LAMBERT

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:47 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1047 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KANE                    41.66N 78.81W
06/06/2005                   MCKEAN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...INCLUDING TREE ON HOUSE AND CAR.
            PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED AND 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN
            WITHIN ONE HOUR.

0955 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SHEFFIELD               41.70N 79.03W
06/06/2005                   WARREN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

&&

MBE

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:14 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1114 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SHEFFIELD               41.70N 79.03W
06/06/2005                   WARREN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

0955 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KANE                    41.66N 78.81W
06/06/2005                   MCKEAN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...INCLUDING TREE ON HOUSE AND CAR.
            PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED AND 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN
            WITHIN ONE HOUR.

1015 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RIDGWAY                 41.43N 78.73W
06/06/2005                   ELK                PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

1037 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ELDRED                  41.96N 78.38W
06/06/2005                   MCKEAN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN...PONDING ON ROADS.

1108 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COUDERSPORT             41.77N 78.01W
06/06/2005                   POTTER             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SERVERAL TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN COUDERSPORT AND
            SHINGLESTOWN.

&&

MBE

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:16 AM EST, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1216 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

PAZ027-028-056-063-061715-
CUMBERLAND-JUNIATA-MIFFLIN-PERRY-
1216 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CUMBERLAND...PERRY...JUNIATA AND
MIFFLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT...

AT 1212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION...AHEAD
OF A MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR
MILROY...SOUTHWEST TO AROUND MOUNT UNION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BELLTOWN...SPRUCE HILL...MARYSVILLE
AROUND 1225 PM...WALNUT...KISTLER...LOYSVILLE...LANDISBURG AROUND
1230 PM...PORT ROYAL...ICKESBURG AND SHERMANSDALE AROUND 1235 PM.

A 10 TO 20 MINUTE PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER
TREES OR STAY IN THE OPEN WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS.

LAMBERT

Local storm report, Jun 6, 11:21 AM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1221 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SHEFFIELD               41.70N 79.03W
06/06/2005                   WARREN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

0955 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KANE                    41.66N 78.81W
06/06/2005                   MCKEAN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...INCLUDING TREE ON HOUSE AND CAR.
            PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED AND 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN
            WITHIN ONE HOUR.

1015 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RIDGWAY                 41.43N 78.73W
06/06/2005                   ELK                PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

1037 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ELDRED                  41.96N 78.38W
06/06/2005                   MCKEAN             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN...PONDING ON ROADS.

1108 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COUDERSPORT             41.77N 78.01W
06/06/2005                   POTTER             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SERVERAL TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN COUDERSPORT AND
            SHINGLESTOWN.

1145 AM     HAIL             5 S WELLSBORO           41.67N 77.30W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        TIOGA              PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN MIDDLEBURY CENTER.

1148 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     MANSFIELD               41.81N 77.08W
06/06/2005                   TIOGA              PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN GENESSE...HARRISON...AND WESTFIELD.
            NO TREES DOWN NEAR FUNNEL SITE AT MANSFIELD.

1155 AM     HAIL             7 W BELLEFONTE          40.91N 77.90W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        CENTRE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR JACKSONVILLE ROAD.
            SEVERAL TREES AND WIRES DOWNED THROUGHOUT BELLEFONTE.

1208 PM     HAIL             WILLIAMSPORT            41.24N 77.02W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        LYCOMING           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBE

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lycoming

When: June 6, 11:55 AM EST to 11:59 AM EST
Where: Lycoming County, 8 mi NE of Montoursville
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 75 yd
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 41.330, -76.817

A tornado touched down between the towns of Fairfield Center and Huntersville, or about 8 miles northeast of Montoursville, along Route 864 at 1155 am EST. The tornado traveled northeast along Route 864 for about one and one half miles, with a path width of 50 to 75 yards, and caused tree damage (about 40 to 50 trees down). The tornado lasted only a few minutes before dissipating. Wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph. There were no injuries of deaths.

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Pennsylvania, 2005 Warnings in Pennsylvania, June 2005

Sources

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: 5459516.