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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
646 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY SUMMARY FOR JUNE 14TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
AS OF THIS WRITING, A TOTAL OF THREE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OF
JUNE 14TH. TWO OF THESE TORNADOES OCCURRED AS MESOVORTICES
EMBEDDED IN A LARGER SQUALL LINE WITH ANOTHER FROM A DISCRETE
SUPERCELL. ADDITIONAL SURVEYS AND SURVEY RESULTS ARE PENDING
FURTHER EVALUATION AND WILL BE UPDATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, PA TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: ESTIMATED 3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 04:37 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 NE OLIVEBURG / JEFFERSON COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 41.0060 / -79.0156
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 4:46 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NE ANITA / JEFFERSON COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 41.0119 / -78.9539
WITH THE GUIDANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA, TODAY A SURVEY TEAM
FROM NWS PITTSBURGH EVALUATED DAMAGE FROM SUNDAY'S STORMS IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY, PA. THE TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE
OBSERVED WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO.
DAMAGE WAS FIRST SEEN IN A WOODED AREA BOUNDED BY NICKLES ROAD
AND LONDON ROAD, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SPORADIC SNAPPED LIMBS.
AS THE STORM EMERGED FROM THE WOODED AREA, IT SNAPPED SOFTWOOD
TREES AT A FARMSTEAD NEAR BURNS AND ANITA-OLIVEBURG ROAD. THE
TORNADO WEAKENED BRIEFLY AS IT PROGRESSED EASTWARD, WITH
INTERMITTENT DAMAGE TO LIMBS ALONG ANITA-OLIVEBURG ROAD, INCLUDING
ONE ON A SHED. AFTER CROSSING TO KNOX DALE ROAD, THE TORNADIC
CIRCULATION STRENGTHENED AND GREW IN SIZE, AND DAMAGE BECAME
CONSIDERABLY MORE CONSISTENT AND NOTABLE. BEGINNING HERE AND
CONTINUING NORTHEAST TOWARD ROUTE 310, LARGE SWATHS OF HEALTHY
AND STURDY HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED,
MOST NOTABLY NEAR TEAM ROAD AND ALONG AN ADJACENT HILLSIDE. ON THIS
HILLSIDE WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, WHERE ALMOST NO TREE WAS
LEFT INTACT. WIND SPEED HERE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 110 MPH,
AT THE HIGH END OF THE EF1 SCALE. AFTER DESCENDING THE HILL TO A
NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF ANITA, THE CIRCULATION WEAKENED ONLY SLIGHTLY,
AND DAMAGE CONTINUED, CONSISTING OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES ALONG
ROUTE 310. ALSO IN THIS AREA, A HOME LOST ITS CARPORT AND SUFFERED
LIGHT DAMAGE TO SIDING AND ROOF MATERIAL. HERE WIND WAS MOST CONSISTENT
WITH 90-100 MPH SPEED. NO DAMAGE WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SURVEY TEAM
BEYOND THIS LOCATION, AND IT WOULD APPEAR THE TORNADO WEAKENED RAPIDLY
AFTER THIS POINT. THERE WERE SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE DAMAGE SWATHS THAT
WILL BENEFIT FROM AN AERIAL SURVEY, THE RESULT OF WHICH IS ANTICIPATED
TO BE PROVIDED BY JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA LATER THIS WEEK. OBSERVED DAMAGE
IS CONSISTENT WITH A HIGH-END EF1 WIND SPEED (MAX WIND 110 MPH), WHICH
WILL BE REEVALUATED UPON REVIEW OF ANY AERIAL SURVEY THAT CAN BE OBTAINED
OF THE INACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS. NO TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ELSEWHERE.
ADDITIONAL EXTENSIVE SEARCHES FOR DAMAGE WERE CONDUCTED IN THE RINGGOLD AREA
NEAR CORSICA, TO NO AVAIL.
DETAILS OF THE PATH LENGTH AND WIDTH WILL BE FINALIZED ON TUESDAY AFTER
QUALITY CONTROL OF DAMAGE POINTS IS UNDERTAKEN.
THIS IS THE FIRST TORNADO RECORDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, PA SINCE OCTOBER 2021.
NWS PITTSBURGH IS GRATEFUL FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA, LOCAL
TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, AND THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR DAMAGE REPORTS
THAT FACILITATED THE COMPLETION OF THIS SURVEY.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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