807  
NOUS41 KCTP 281938  
PNSCTP  
PAZ037-282345-  
 
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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