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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
456 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/22/2026 TORNADO EVENT
MADERA TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/22/2026
START TIME: 07:55 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 WNW RAMEY / CLEARFIELD COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.8285 / -78.4383
END DATE: 08/22/2026
END TIME: 07:57 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 NW RAMEY / CLEARFIELD COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.832 / -78.4199
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED TORNADO DAMAGE IN
SOUTHEAST CLEARFIELD COUNTY. AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 PM EDT ON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026, A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MERGED WITH A
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM AND PRODUCED A TORNADO IN THE TOWN OF
MADERA. THE TORNADIC DAMAGE BEGAN ON BELSENA ROAD NEAR ELM STREET,
WHERE A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. MULTIPLE TREES WERE
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AND A ROOF WAS TORN OFF OF A RESIDENCE ON
SPRUCE STREET. TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ON THE EAST
SIDE OF MADERA ON ALEXANDER ROAD AND HERITAGE LANE. THE TORNADO
WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AND TRAVELED
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE BEFORE DISSIPATING. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
CONTINUED TO PRODUCE SPORADIC DAMAGE TO THE NORTHEAST OF MADERA.
WE WANT TO THANK THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY AND MADERA TOWNSHIP FIRE OFFICIALS FOR THEIR HELP WITH THIS
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.
KRANTZ/JUREWICZ/COLBERT
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