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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ  
410 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2025  
   
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  
   
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
 
..REMARKS..  
 
0113 PM HAIL MOUNT AETNA 40.42N 76.30W  
05/06/2025 M1.00 INCH BERKS PA BROADCAST MEDIA  
 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT.  
 
0118 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW STRAUSSTOWN 40.52N 76.22W  
05/06/2025 BERKS PA BROADCAST MEDIA  
 
BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYS REPORT OF TREE DOWN  
ON ROUTE 183. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
0130 PM HAIL WEST GROVE 39.82N 75.83W  
05/06/2025 E0.25 INCH CHESTER PA PUBLIC  
 
PEA SIZED HAIL.  
 
0143 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W EAST MARLBOROUGH TW 39.89N 75.76W  
05/06/2025 CHESTER PA 911 CALL CENTER  
 
REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE  
ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF UPLAND ROAD  
AND BYRD ROAD IN MARLBOROUGH TWP. TIME  
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
0205 PM HAIL EXTON 40.03N 75.63W  
05/06/2025 M0.25 INCH CHESTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
PEA SIZED HAIL.  
 
0218 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE MOUNT PENN 40.37N 75.86W  
05/06/2025 BERKS PA BROADCAST MEDIA  
 
ALSACE TOWNSHIP: SNYDER RD AND ANTIETAM RD.  
TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE FLEETWOOD 40.44N 75.80W  
05/06/2025 BERKS PA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
MULTIPLE SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES  
SNAPPED, ALONG WITH TWO TREES UPROOTED IN  
THE AREA OF 428 ORCHARD RD. ADDITIONALLY, A  
SMALL FLAGPOLE WAS BENT AT GROUND LEVEL.  
DAMAGE OCCURRED OVER AN AREA OF  
APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS BY 300 YARDS. TIME  
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
0251 PM HAIL ROYERSFORD 40.19N 75.54W  
05/06/2025 E0.50 INCH MONTGOMERY PA PUBLIC  
 
REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).  
 
0251 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW NEW MAHONING 40.80N 75.82W  
05/06/2025 CARBON PA 911 CALL CENTER  
 
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES ALONG MILL ROAD IN  
MAHONING TWP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
0347 PM TORNADO WASHINGTON TWP 40.84N 75.21W  
05/06/2025 NORTHAMPTON PA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
AN EF1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND  
SPEEDS OF 80 TO 90 MPH OCCURRED NEAR BANGOR.  
THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT A PUBLIC WORKS  
BARN. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT  
WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH. A  
SMALL TREE WAS FELLED AND SEVERAL TILES WERE  
BLOWN OFF THE ROOF. OF NOTE, SOME OF THE  
TILES FROM THE ROOF WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY  
ONE QUARTER MILE AWAY NEAR A SCHOOL. FOR THE  
NEXT APPROXIMATE MILE, DISCONTINUOUS TREE  
DAMAGE OCCURRED IN A WOODED AREA. THE  
HIGHEST DEGREE OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED BEHIND A  
RESIDENCE ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. AT THAT  
LOCATION, SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES WERE  
UPROOTED AND A FEW WERE SNAPPED. MAXIMUM  
WIND SPEED IN THIS AREA WERE ESTIMATED TO BE  
80 TO 90 MPH. THIS IS ALSO THE LOCATION  
WHERE THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS  
OBSERVED, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. FURTHER  
TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED WHERE THE TORNADO  
CROSSED THE TRAIN TRACKS NEAR THE  
INTERSECTION OF MILL STREET AND MURRAY  
STREET. THE FINAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH SOME  
TILES BLOWN OFF A HISTORIC COMMERCIAL  
BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF MURRAY  
STREET AND W MESSINGER STREET.  
 
0349 PM HAIL 2 S BUSHKILL TWP 40.78N 75.34W  
05/06/2025 E0.50 INCH NORTHAMPTON PA PUBLIC  
 
REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).  
 
0351 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE WASHINGTON TWP 40.85N 75.21W  
05/06/2025 NORTHAMPTON PA PUBLIC  
 
REPORTS OF MINOR TREES AND LINES DOWN ALONG  
ROUTE 191 NEAR BANGOR. TIME ESTIMATED.  
 
0430 PM HAIL 2 N ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 41.02N 75.20W  
05/06/2025 E0.50 INCH MONROE PA PUBLIC  
 
REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).  
 
0433 PM HAIL BANGOR 40.87N 75.21W  
05/06/2025 E0.70 INCH NORTHAMPTON PA PUBLIC  
 
PUBLIC REPORT RANGING FROM PEA TO DIME SIZE  
HAIL IN BANGOR.  
 
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG JENNY JUMP STATE PARK 40.91N 74.93W  
05/06/2025 WARREN NJ PUBLIC  
 
A FEW TREES DOWN AND WIRES DOWN. TIME  
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WSW UPPER MOUNT BETHE 40.90N 75.14W  
05/06/2025 NORTHAMPTON PA PUBLIC  
 
PHOTO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF A LARGE TREE DOWN  
BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF PA ROUTE 512 BETWEEN  
EAST BANGOR AND MOUNT BETHEL. TIME ESTIMATED  
FROM RADAR.  
 
0446 PM HAIL EMMAUS 40.53N 75.49W  
05/06/2025 M0.25 INCH LEHIGH PA PUBLIC  
 
VIDEOS OF PEA SIZE HAIL FALLING AT TIME OF  
REPORT.  
 
0505 PM HAIL NORTH CATASAUQUA 40.66N 75.48W  
05/06/2025 E1.00 INCH NORTHAMPTON PA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
TRAINED SPOTTER RELAYS REPORT OF MOSTLY  
SMALL SIZED HAIL MIXED IN WITH SOME TO  
QUARTERS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
0506 PM HAIL WHITEHALL TWP 40.63N 75.47W  
05/06/2025 E0.60 INCH LEHIGH PA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
TRAINED SPOTTER RELAYS 0.6 INCH HAIL  
MEASURED ALONG WITH A 32 MPH WIND GUST.  
 
0531 PM HAIL BRIDGEWATER 40.59N 74.63W  
05/06/2025 M0.70 INCH SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
DIME SIZE HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING.  
 
0537 PM HAIL 3 SSE FAR HILLS 40.65N 74.61W  
05/06/2025 M0.50 INCH SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 0.5 INCH HAIL.  
 
0601 PM HAIL SANDYSTON TWP 41.22N 74.83W  
05/06/2025 M0.50 INCH SUSSEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
TRAINED SPOTTER RELAYS REPORT OF PEA TO HALF  
INCH SIZE HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.  
 
 
 
 
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