Tornado Reports
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| 17:58Z | EF0 | KLWX | MD | Montgomery | Poolesville | On Saturday afternoon at 1:58 PM EDT, an EF-0 tornado touched down in Poolesville, MD. This tornado was brief, only being on the ground until 1:59 PM EDT. It had estimated 75 MPH winds with a path length of 0.4 miles and path width approximately 50 yards.||Damage was sporadic along its path. The first evidence of damage was near the intersection of Fisher Avenue and Spates Hill Road, where a residence in the 17000 block of Spates Hill Road had three cedar trees blown down in a unidirectional orientation. This was likely the rear flank downdraft of the storm that initiated the formation of the tornado..||The first evidence of tornadic damage was in the 17100 block of Campbell Farm Road. Here, several single family home residences suffered tree damage, with downed and snapped trees, along with an air conditioning unit and a temporary metal trailer moved from their foundations.||The tornado briefly lifted before producing damage to trees near the intersection of Wootton Avenue and Hempstone Court. Here, large limbs of trees were snapped in different directions, along with trees being uprooted in a direction opposite of the storm motion.||The tornado briefly lifted, before touching down again for the final time at the interface between the western portion of L.M. Stevens Park and the backyards of several single family homes along the 19100 block of Dowden Circle. Here, there were two softwood trees uprooted falling to the northwest, with another softwood tree snapped. One utility shed was damaged by a tree that fell onto it. One home incurred damage with a large limb that blew onto the deck. A wooden fence was blown over to the northwest. Leaf debris was observed on all four sides of one of the residences. An apple tree was snapped, with the losse top coming to rest towards the east, which was the opposite direction of other damage in that immediate area. |
| 19:18Z | EF0 | KLWX | MD | Baltimore | Fork | A line of severe thunderstorms produced an EF0 tornado along its leading edge as it passed over Fork, Fallston and western Bel Air Maryland on the mid-afternoon of Saturday April 22nd. The tornado was on the ground intermittently for eight minutes, but it produced a fair amount of tree damage along its nearly 7 mile path. Wind gusts where it caused noted damage were estimated 70 to 75 miles per hour along its path.||The tornado touched down in Fork Maryland in northeastern Baltimore County, about a mile from the border with Harford County. There it downed a tree which knocked down power poles and lines near the intersection of Sunshine Avenue and Harford Road. |
| 19:19Z | EF0 | KLWX | MD | Harford | Fallston Arpt | A line of severe thunderstorms produced an EF0 tornado along its leading edge as it passed over Fork, Fallston and western Bel Air Maryland on the mid-afternoon of Saturday April 22nd. The tornado was on the ground intermittently for eight minutes, but it produced a fair amount of tree damage along its nearly 7 mile path. Wind gusts where it caused noted damage were estimated 70 to 75 miles per hour along its path.||It strengthened slightly as it crossed the border into Harford County. There was numerous large branches snapped and downed power lines along Reckord Road as the tornado traveled along it. There were also 4 large trees snapped in the 400 block of Reckord Road.||The tornado continued northeast and produced similar damage to many trees with large branches snapped mainly off the upper parts of trees, with a few falling on homes and vehicles. Affected properties included those along Old Fallston Road, Watervale Road, Waters Avenue, Red Pump Road, Fox Den Road, and Vale Road. About 10 trees and large branches were down in a wooded park near the intersection of Red Pump Road and Vale Road in multiple directions. Two eyewitnesses reported seeing the rotating funnel as it passed. Another reported debris swiftly rotating up off the ground and tops of trees being spun in circles.||The final significant large branch damage noted was about a quarter mile southwest of the intersection of state route 24 and Red Pump Road, along Marywood Drive. |
| 20:18Z | EF1 | KDOX | PA | Berks | Womelsdorf Station | A tornado began less than a mile southwest of Womelsdorf along PA Route 419 between Memorial Boulevard and Brickplant Road just over the Berks and Lebanon County line where a few old wooden telephone poles were pushed over. The tornado continued northeast through a field toward the Conrad Weiser West Elementary School. A few softwood trees in a tree line were snapped or uprooted along the property line of the field and the school. This is the location where the tornado reached its maximum estimated winds of 90 mph and maximum width of approximately 125 yards. The tornado continued across the school grounds and into a recreational field where a set |of metal bleachers was blown over. The tornado then moved northeast into the central part of Womelsdorf where varying degrees of minor damage occurred to structures and trees, mainly between 3rd Street and 2nd Street as the tornado crossed Cherry Alley, High Street, Mulberry Alley, and Franklin Street. Several homes, garages, and |barns had roofing material blow off, several small trees were uprooted, and numerous downed large tree branches caused some collateral structural damage to some homes and vehicles. The tornadic circulation began to weaken considerably as it crossed 2nd |Street north of Franklin Street near Pear Alley where some additional minor tree damage occurred. The tornado dissipated as it moved into the Womelsdorf Union Cemetery. |
| 20:21Z | EF0 | KFTG | CO | Weld | Prospect Valley | A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| 20:30Z | EF0 | KFTG | CO | Weld | Prospect Valley | A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| 20:51Z | EF0 | KFTG | CO | Weld | Prospect Valley | A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| 21:13Z | EF0 | KFTG | CO | Adams | Aurora | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| 22:38Z | EF2 | KBGM | NY | Sullivan | Jeffersonville | A tornado touched down north of Jeffersonville, along Callicoon Center Road near Laundry Brook, damaging trees. The tornado then moved north, passing through a roadless area between Sander Road and Wahl Road, before crossing Hessinger and Lare Road, snapping several trees and causing minor structural damage. The tornado continued north, crossing John Dietz Road, producing a large blowdown of hardwood trees, and damaging skylights in a nearby residence. Damage in this area rated between EF0 and EF1.||The worst damage, particularly to structures, occurred on a farm and nearby residence on either side of Hahn Road. Severe damage to historic barns, a garage, and outbuildings occurred. A 180 foot truss tower collapsed, completely bending into three sections. A nearby house received seemingly minor damage, but frame damage may have occurred as interior walls were reportedly cracked, and doors unable |to close. A large blowdown of mixed trees also occurred in this area. Damage ranged from EF1 to EF2 in this area. ||The tornado continued north, causing another hardwood blowdown off of Gulf Road, with mostly tree damage along nearby Dutch Hill Road. The tornado then passed through Roscoe, NY, with more sporadic uprooted trees, and lifted as it moved into Rockland, NY. |
| 00:01Z | EF1 | KMHX | NC | Duplin | Petersburg Crossing | The tornado touched down at a residence along Lester Houston Road just to the east of Beulaville. The tornado first snapped several large trees, then tore off at least half|the shingles of a garage behind the residence. Shingle damage was found on both the north and south side of the garage, which is a strong indication of a circulation. A large garage bay door was also blown in, and the east side of the garage had the frame removed from the foundation. The strongest winds were estimated around 90 mph. |
| 00:08Z | EF0 | KMHX | NC | Onslow | Jarmantown | A tornado touched down northwest of Richlands, in northwest Onslow County. The tornado peeled back metal sheeting on the roof of a garage structure, and moved a trailered boat several feet into the rear of a parked pickup truck. The tornado then crossed A.I. Taylor Road and removed some siding on a residence. The tornado then caused some minor damage to a a metal storage shed along a dirt road off of A.I. Taylor|Road before lifting. The strongest winds were estimated to be around 75 mph. |
| 00:43Z | EF1 | KMHX | NC | Jones | Phillips Xrds | The tornado first touched down at a residence near the junction of Country Lane and NC Highway 41 West. Several hardwood trees with diameters of 12 inches or more were snapped and uprooted behind the residence, along with some smaller softwood trees with diameters less than 12 inches in diameter. The tornado then crossed a field and did major damage to a metal storage structure. The structure was freestanding on a concrete slap and was attached to timbers in all four corners. Large metal siding was flung great distances in all directions, but especially to the northwest, the direction of the tornado path. A large piece as thrown through the plywood of a house under construction, and continued out the other side of the house through large garage doors|that were uninstalled. Many pieces of the metal framed structure were found at least 20 feet up in a large hardwood tree, and at least 100 yards in the open field to the northwest. The tornado then lifted near the junction of NC Highway 41 West and Chinquapin Chapel Road. The strongest winds were estimated around 90 mph. |
| 00:52Z | EF0 | KMHX | NC | Jones | Trenton | The tornado touched down along a farm field on the west side of Henderson Road just to the northwest of Trenton. Several 1.5 foot or large hardwood trees were uprooted along the edge of the farm field. There were also several hardwood trees of much smaller diameter that were snapped about 15 feet up their trunks. The tornado then uprooted a large 2 foot diameter hardwood tree in the front of a resident on the east side of Henderson Road before lifting. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).