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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
631 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/22/2026 TORNADO EVENT
SANDY HOLLOW TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 140 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 05:14 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSW VANDERBILT / FAYETTE COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.0072 / -79.6794
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 05:16 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE VANDERBILT / FAYETTE COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.0045 / -79.6575
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A MESOVORTEX DEVELOPED ALONG A QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM AS
IT CROSSED FROM WASHINGTON INTO FAYETTE COUNTY, PA AROUND 4:45 PM
ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 22ND. ROTATION TIGHTENED UNTIL THE STORM
PRODUCED A SHORT TORNADO IN THE SANDY HOLLOW AREA, SOUTH OF
VANDERBILT. TREE DAMAGE WAS INITIALLY NOTED ALONG LITTLE SUMMIT
ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED LOWER SANDY HOLLOW ROAD, PASSED
THROUGH A FIELD AND CLIPPED THE TOPS OF TREES IN A WOODED AREA
BEFORE CROSSING UPPER SANDY HOLLOW ROAD. IT LIFTED SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. A MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS SNAPPED HARD AND SOFTWOOD
TREES ALONG WITH LARGE BRANCHES. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO
A PARTIALLY BLOWN-IN GARAGE DOOR ALONG LOWER SANDY HALLOW ROAD.
OF NOTE, THIS IS THE SECOND TORNADO TO HAVE CROSSED LOWER SANDY
HOLLOW ROAD THIS MONTH. AN EF1 TORNADO ALSO CROSSED JUST WEST OF
THE PATH ON JUNE 6, 2026, WITH DAMAGE FROM THE TWO SEPARATE STORMS
OVERLAPPING IN SEVERAL AREAS. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PUBLIC FOR
PROVIDING INVALUABLE AERIAL IMAGERY WHICH AIDED THE DAMAGE
ANALYSIS.
REUBENS RUN TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 06:11 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 E FAIRMONT / MARION COUNTY / WV
START LAT/LON: 39.4799 / -80.0648
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 06:12 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 E FAIRMONT / MARION COUNTY / WV
END LAT/LON: 39.481 / -80.061
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A DISCRETE CELL AHEAD OF AN INCOMING LINE OF STORMS DEVELOPED
OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY AT AROUND 5:30PM ON THE EVENING OF JUNE
22ND. AS THE STORM MATURED, IT DEVELOPED MID-LEVEL ROTATION AND
TURNED RIGHT, BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO-GENESIS. THE
FIRST SIGN OF A TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT 6:11PM, WITH THE TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. THIS OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF REUBENS RUN ROAD
IN MARION COUNTY. A NARROW SWATH OF TREES WAS DOWNED JUST SOUTH
OF THE ROAD, AND ONE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON A CAR ALONG COWGER
LANE. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST ONE MINUTE LATER AT 6:12PM. IN THE
SUCCEEDING MINUTES, THE MID-LEVEL ROTATION WEAKENED ALOFT UPON
CROSSING INTO PRESTON COUNTY AND INTERACTING WITH TERRAIN.
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.
RACKLEY/MILCAREK
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