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NOUS41 KCTP 100236
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PAZ024-100645-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1036 PM EDT WED SEP 9 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 09/03/2026 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
..STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY..
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.39 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 3500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 09/03/2026
START TIME: 7:26 PM EDT
START LOCATION: JOHNSTOWN / CAMBRIA COUNTY
START LAT/LON: 40.315896 / -78.951016
END DATE: 09/03/2026
END TIME: 7:32 PM EDT
END LOCATION: JOHNSTOWN / CAMBRIA COUNTY
END LAT/LON: 40.296553 / -78.908627
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE AND CAMBRIA
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES CONFIRMED WIDESPREAD
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS A NEARLY TWO AND A HALF MILE
SWATH OF JOHNSTOWN. ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 AT AROUND 7:26 PM EDT A
SEGMENT WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN PRODUCING
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DREXEL
AVENUE AND MENOHER BOULEVARD. SCATTERED DAMAGE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT
JOHNSTOWN WITH MANY REPORTS OF UPROOTED TREES, LARGE TREE LIMBS
SNAPPED, AND POWER LINES DOWN. ONE OF THESE TREES PARTIALLY LANDED
ON A ROOF CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE BEGAN TO SUBSIDE AS
THE STORM CROSSED STONYCREEK RIVER. WE WANT TO THANK THE CAMBRIA
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, CAMBRIA COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS, AND LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO PROVIDED FIRST HAND
FOOTAGE.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
KRANTZ
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