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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
338 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 03/16/25 BALSAM ROAD DOWNBURST
BALSAM ROAD DOWNBURST
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 0.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 275 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/16/2025
START TIME: 03:26 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE WELLSBORO / TIOGA COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 41.7144 / -77.3501
END DATE: 03/16/2025
END TIME: 03:29 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 SE WELLSBORO / TIOGA COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 41.7208 / -77.3529
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CONFIRMED A
DOWNBURST ALONG BALSAM ROAD IN TIOGA COUNTY THAT OCCURRED ON
SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2025. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST INTO TIOGA COUNTY DURING THE
MID-AFTERNOON HOURS OF SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2025. THESE STORMS
INTENSIFIED SOUTHWEST OF WELLSBORO AS A DOWNBURST WITH PEAK
ESTIMATED WINDS OF 90 TO 100 MPH. NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED, LEADING TO SOME ROOF DAMAGE AT HOUSEHOLDS ON BALSAM
ROAD. A UTILITY POLE WAS DOWNED ALONG WITH SEVERAL SHINGLES OF A
COUPLE OF BUILDINGS BEING BLOWN OFF IN THE VICINITY. ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF BALSAM ROAD, MULTIPLE SOFTWOOD TREES HAD THEIR
TRUNKS SNAPPED OFF ON A RIDGELINE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE WOULD LIKE TO THANK
TIOGA COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR PROVIDING THE DATA NECESSARY
TO COMPLETE THIS SURVEY.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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