725
NWUS51 KPHI 051951
LSRPHI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
351 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2025
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0557 PM LANDSPOUT 1 NW MOHRSVILLE 40.48N 75.99W
05/04/2025 BERKS PA NWS STORM SURVEY
STORM DAMAGE SURVEY, VIDEOS, AND PHOTOS
CONFIRM A LANDSPOUT TORNADO OCCURRED IN A
RURAL AREA BETWEEN MOHRSVILLE AND
SHOEMAKERSVILLE. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION
BEGAN IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR MAIN STREET AND
SHOEY ROAD, WHERE A LINE OF SWIRL MARKS FROM
GROUND SCOURING WAS NOTED FOR ABOUT A HALF
MILE. THE CIRCULATION WEAKENED SOME AND
BECAME DISCONTINUOUS AS IT PROGRESSED EAST
TOWARD POTTSVILLE PIKE (ROUTE 61), CROSSING
THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER. A PHOTO FROM SOCIAL
MEDIA SHOWED THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION
CROSSING THE HIGHWAY NEAR A RAILROAD
CROSSING SOUTH OF SHOEMAKERSVILLE ROAD,
WHERE SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE
CIRCULATION THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST,
CROSSING SHOEMAKERSVILLE ROAD CAUSING MINOR
TREE DAMAGE WHERE IT ENDED. CLIMAVISION
RADAR DATA CONFIRMED THE LACK OF ANY
MESOCYCLONE WITH THE SHOWER THAT PRODUCED
THIS TORNADIC CIRCULATION, HENCE THE
LANDSPOUT CLASSIFICATION.
STAARMANN
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