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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
804 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR BERKS COUNTY PA TORNADO EVENT
AMITY TOWNSHIP TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.90 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JULY 1, 2025
START TIME: 4:47 PM EDT
START LOCATION: WEAVERTOWN IN AMITY TOWNSHIP
START LAT/LON: 40.3091 / -75.7485
END DATE: JULY 1, 2025
END TIME: 4:49 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF EARLVILLE
END LAT/LON: 40.3200 / -75.7399
A BRIEF AND WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON WEAVERTOWN LANE IN AMITY
TOWNSHIP BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OF
JULY 1. SEVERAL TREES HAD LARGE LIMBS BROKEN OR SNAPPED OFF, SOME OF
WHICH WERE TWISTED, ALTHOUGH THESE WERE ALL SOFTWOOD TREES. AT LEAST
ONE TREE WAS UPROOTED. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED DOWN
WEAVERTOWN LANE WITH THE TORNADO CROSSING OLD SWEDE ROAD. THE
DIRECTION OF THE DAMAGE HAD SOME VARIABILITY TO IT. THE TORNADO MAY
HAVE PARTIALLY LIFTED FOR A TIME, HOWEVER THE VISIBLE DAMAGE ENDED
ACROSS A FARM FIELD AT BOYERTOWN PIKE NEAR CAMP ROAD WHERE SEVERAL
TREES WERE DOWNED. GIVEN THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO SOFTWOOD
TREES, THIS TORNADO WAS RATED ON THE LOWER END OF THE EF0 RANGE WITH
PEAK WINDS TO 70 MPH.
TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE TORNADO PATH HOWEVER, A REAR-FLANK
DOWNDRAFT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH CONTINUED TOWARD
BOYERTOWN WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND THEN TO THE NORTH SIDE OF
GILBERTSVILLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHERE MORE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED.
THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE IN BERKS COUNTY, AND
THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THIS WAS SEVERE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR.
LOU RUH AND THE BERKS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS STORM SURVEY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
GORSE/MJL
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