F1 tornado, Farragut to Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania, June 16, 2000

1. F040 to 72 mph

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. F173 to 112 mphthis tornado

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. F2113 to 157 mph

   Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

4. F3158 to 206 mph

   Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

5. F4207 to 260 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. F5261 to 318 mph

   Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

7. Unrated

   The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Rating

F1

Date

June 16, 2000

Touchdown

5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)

Path length

16.0 miles (25.7 km)

Path width

100 yards (91 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Counties

Lycoming and Sullivan counties

Touchdown point

41.300, -76.920

Lift-off point

41.350, -76.670

Record number

249

This tornado produced an intermittent path of damage along a 16 mile path beginning in Farragut north of Montoursville, moving east across sparcely populated sections of eastern Lycoming County, crossing into Sullivan County about 2 miles north of Glen Mawr before ending about 4 miles southwest of Eagles Mere. Eyewitness accounts indicated the presence of two separate funnels in the Farragut area. The storm probably reached F1 intensity (close to 90 mph) in the Farragut area where it initially touched down near the Loyalsock Creek, just southwest of town. Accounts indicate initial touchdown was about 5:45 p.m. EDT. Last damage was probably close to 6:25 p.m. EDT in the forests of Sullivan County. In Farragut, one tree fell on a house, a roof was lifted off a shed, and a number of trees were downed. A field of new corn was leveled. Further east, damage to trees was sporadic. In addition, 1.25 inch hail was reported in Eagles Mere and trees were downed south of the path in Picture Rocks. Wind gusts at the Lycoming County Office of Emergency Management less than 2 miles southwest of Farragut were recorded at 67 mph.

This tornado was a continuation of the Farragut tornado from Lycoming County, which produced an intermittent path of damage along a 16 mile path of which about 2 miles was included in Sullivan County in the Rock Run area southwest of Hunters Lake. The tornado began at Farragut north of Montoursville, and moved east across sparcely populated sections of eastern Lycoming County, crossing into Sullivan County about 2 miles north of Glen Mawr before ending about 4 miles southwest of Eagles Mere.Eyewitness accounts indicated the presence of two separate funnels in the Farragut area. The storm probably reached F1 intensity (close to 90 mph) in the Farragut area where it initially touched down near the Loyalsock Creek just southwest of town. Accounts indicate initial touchdown was about 5:45 p.m. EDT. Last damage was probably close to 6:25 p.m. EDT in the forests of Sullivan County. In Farragut, one tree fell on a house, a roof was lifted off of a shed, and a number of trees were downed. A field of new corn was leveled. Further east, damage to trees was sporadic. In addition, 1.25 inch hail was reported in Eagles Mere and trees were downed south of the path in Picture Rocks. Wind gusts at the Lycoming County Office of Emergency Management less than 2 miles southwest of Farragut were recorded at 67 mph.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

8 minutes of warning. NWS CTP issued a tornado warning for this county at 21:37 UTC, 8 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 22:00 UTC.

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a General Thunderstorms Risk. The outlook in force was issued at 19:59 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

Williamsport (IPT), 14 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The live radar over the trackEvery 2000 tornado in PennsylvaniaEvery tornado in Pennsylvania since 1950Warnings in force in Pennsylvania nowThe forecast where you are

4 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.