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NOUS41 KCTP 071856
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PAZ066-072300-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
256 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 09/04/2025 TORNADO EVENT
COLLINS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.15 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 09/04/2025
START TIME: 09:31 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 ESE QUARRYVILLE / LANCASTER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 39.8729 / -76.1242
END DATE: 09/04/2025
END TIME: 09:32 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE QUARRYVILLE / LANCASTER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 39.8737 / -76.1215
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BASED ON A THOROUGH REVIEW OF DAMAGE REPORTS AND RADAR DATA, THE
NWS IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO OCCURRED ON
THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 4TH. THE BRIEF TORNADO SPUN UP
SOUTHEAST OF COLLINS, PA AND LIFTED THE ROOF OFF OF A DUGOUT AT
SOLANCO YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION AT 9:31PM. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED ACROSS KIRKWOOD PIKE AND CAUSED CROP DAMAGE IN A FIELD
JUST NORTH OF ENCOUNTER CHURCH. THE TORNADO LIFTED BEFORE IT
ENCOUNTERED A WOODED RESIDENTIAL AREA NORTHWEST OF HIDEAWAY
DRIVE. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK SEVERAL STUDENTS AND ALUMNI OF THE
MILLERSVILLE METEOROLOGY PROGRAM AND METEOROLOGISTS AT WGAL FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH RELAYING REPORTS AND SHARING PHOTOS FROM
THE EVENT.
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.
BANGHOFF/BAUCO
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