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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1054 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 14TH 2026 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #5
UPDATE
BASED ON ADDITIONAL DATA PROVIDED TO NWS PITTSBURGH, A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF TORNADO PATHS IN BUTLER AND VENANGO COUNTIES
HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE. DETAILS ARE BELOW...
MORAINE NORTH SHORE NEAR WEST LIBERTY PA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 05:35 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 WSW WEST LIBERTY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.9938 / -80.1373
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:39 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSW WEST LIBERTY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.9865 / -80.077
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH CONCLUDED AN EF1
TORNADO FORMED JUST NORTH OF MORAINE STATE PARK ON SUNDAY JUNE
14TH.
THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR PATTERSON ROAD, WEST OF WEST PARK ROAD,
THEN MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST, SNAPPING LARGE BRANCHES AND A FEW TREES
NEAR THE TRUNK ALONG CORNELIUS ROAD. THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF TREE
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON WEST PARK ROAD, WHERE AN OLD BARN ROOF WAS
LIFTED OFF AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES LOST LARGER BRANCHES.
TOWARD THE END OF ITS TRACK, THE TORNADO CURVED NORTHEASTWARD
NEAR MOUNT UNION AND REICHERT ROADS BEFORE WEAKENING.
ALEXANDER RD AREA NEAR WEST LIBERTY PA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.45 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 05:39 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 S WEST LIBERTY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.9828 / -80.0677
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:42 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 SE WEST LIBERTY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.981700000000004 / -80.0218
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SECOND TRACK IS EVIDENT FROM A RECENTLY REPORTED DAMAGE SWATH
ACROSS NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY BEGINNING IN THE WOODED AREA WEST OF
ALEXANDER ROAD AND ENDING IN AN AREA NEAR BARKLEY RD AND PROSPECT
RD.
ALONG THIS SWATH, THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE
START OF THE TRACK ALONG ALEXANDER RD., WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF
TREES WERE UPROOTED OR HAD TRUNKS SNAPPED. THE SCOPE OF TREES
IMPACTED AND DEGREE OF DAMAGE HERE IS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEED
OF 100 MPH.
THE CIRCULATION BEGAN TO WEAKEN WITH EASTWARD MOVEMENT, AND
CURVED NORTHWARD TOWARD THE END OF ITS CYCLE.
A THIRD MESOVORTEX CIRCULATION APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED IN ITS
STEAD, BEGINNING A THIRD TORNADO TRACK IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY
BURTON DR, BARKLEY RD AND WEST LIBERTY RD.
NWS PITTSBURGH APPRECIATES THE PHOTO AND VIDEO IMAGERY PROVIDED
BY A LOCAL RESIDENT THAT ENABLED US TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS
SWATH WITH GREATER COMPLETENESS.
.MUDDY CREEK RD AREA NEAR WEST LIBERTY PA
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.61 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 05:43 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 ESE WEST LIBERTY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.9783 / -80.0134
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:47 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 SW WEST SUNBURY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.9719 / -79.9643
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A THIRD TORNADO ALONG THIS MESOVORTEX FAMILY BEGAN IN A WOODED
AREA BOUNDED BY BURTON RD, WEST LIBERTY RD, AND BARKLEY RD,
TRACKING EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUDDY CREEK DR AND SR8 BEFORE
DISSIPATING ALONG EUCLID RD.
THIS STORM LARGELY SNAPPED LARGE BRANCHES FROM HARDWOOD TREES. NO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.
IMAGERY FROM DRONES AND GROUND OBSERVATIONS DURING AND JUST AFTER
THE STORM CONFIRM DAMAGE EAST OF SR8 LIKELY WAS THE RESULT OF THE
DISSIPATING TORNADO.
DAMAGE ALONG THIS SWATH WAS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEED UP TO 85
MPH, LEADING TO THIS TORNADO'S EF0 RATING.
NWS PITTSBURGH APPRECIATES THE PHOTO AND VIDEO IMAGERY PROVIDED
TO US THAT HAVE ENABLED US TO ESTABLISH THIS TRACK MORE
COMPLETELY.
DIAMOND PA AREA
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.98 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/17/2026
START TIME: 05:08 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSW HYDETOWN / VENANGO COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 41.5995 / -79.7631
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:10 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW TITUSVILLE / VENANGO COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 41.5949 / -79.7254
SURVEY SUMMARY:
DAMAGE BEGAN JUST WEST OF STONE SPRING HOUSE ROAD IN A WOODED
AREA, WHERE LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN. IT CROSSED TO AN AREA
SOUTH OF BREEDTOWN ROAD, WITH A CONTINUING SWATH OF FALLEN TREES.
A DELAYED REPORT OF A HOME WITH ROOF DAMAGE SOUTH OF THE
TITUSVILLE AIRPORT RUNWAY WAS CONVEYED TO NWS PITTSBURGH BY LOCAL
FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. THIS LOCATION IS COINCIDENT WITH RADAR
INDICATION OF VERY STRONG, COMPACT ROTATION OFF OF THE
PLEASANTVILLE RADAR, SUGGESTING THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS
ONGOING.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR DEMPSEYTOWN GRESHEM RD, FAIRVIEW RD AND
BARKER RD ALSO WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF NWS PITTSBURGH,
ALSO NEAR THE CONTINUING RADAR-INDICATED COMPACT VORTEX, LIKELY
THE RESULT OF THE DISSIPATING TORNADO.
THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE WEAKENED RAPIDLY THEREAFTER.
A BROAD (ALMOST 3.0 MILES IN WIDTH) SWATH OF DAMAGE TO TREES FROM
WILSON MILLS TO BRADLEYTOWN/PLUM CORNER TO SUNVILLE TO
WALLACEVILLE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY A STRONG SURGE OF WIND ON THE
SOUTHERN FLANK OF A MESOVORTEX THAT CROSSED THIS REGION AT THE
SAME TIME THAT THE TORNADO TO THE NORTH WAS BEGINNING TO FORM.
NWS PITTSBURGH APPRECIATES THE LARGE NUMBER OF PHOTOS AND REPORTS
PROVIDED BY RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS THAT HAVE ENABLED US
TO IDENTIFY DAMAGE SWATHS IN NORTHERN VENANGO COUNTY MORE
COMPLETELY.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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