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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1206 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JULY 21 2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #2
THE SUMMARY WAS UPDATED FOR THE TWO MUSKINGUM COUNTY TORNADOES WHICH
ARE LISTED UP TOP. THE PREVIOUS ONES FROM BUTLER AND LAWRENCE
COUNTY PA ARE ALSO INCLUDED:
ZANESVILLE 1
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.70 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/21/2026
START TIME: 03:10 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 SW SOUTH ZANESVILLE / MUSKINGUM COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 39.8836 / -82.0573
END DATE: 07/21/2026
END TIME: 03:21 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 ENE PHILO / MUSKINGUM COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 39.8642 / -81.8968
SURVEY SUMMARY:
DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO COMMENCED OFF OF DARLINGTON ROAD WITH
LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND A FEW UPROOTED TREES. GIVEN LIMITED ROAD
ACCESS THERE WERE JUST SPOTTY REPORTS AS THE STORM TRAVELED EAST
THROUGH MOXAHALA RIDGE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OF THE STORM
OCCURRED ON OLD RIVER ROAD WHERE AN ESTIMATED 100-200 DOWN
HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED, UPROOTED, OR LARGE LIMBS KNOCKED
OVER. THE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY WAS LOCATED HERE AND JUST
ACROSS THE MUSKINGUM RIVER ON THE PROPERTY OF SHELLY AND SANDS
WHERE PART OF AN OUTBUILDING ROOF WAS LIFTED. THE STORM LIFTED
AS IT SKIRTED THROUGH DUNCAN FALLS, OH CAUSING LARGE LIMBS TO
COME DOWN. TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER
SOUTH OF DURANT ROAD OF STATE ROUTE 60 BEFORE ENTERING DUNCAN
FALLS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MUSKINGUM
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE. WE
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK A MEDIA STATION OUT OF COLUMBUS OHIO FOR
PROVIDING DRONE FOOTAGE.
THESE ARE THE 32ND AND 33RD TORNADOES ON RECORD FOR
MUSKINGUM COUNTY SINCE 1880. THE LAST TORNADO TO AFFECT
MUSKINGUM COUNTY WAS JUNE 6TH 2024. WITH THESE TORNADOES, THIS
BRINGS OUR OFFICE COUNT FOR THE YEAR UP TO 27 TORNADOES. THE
AVERAGE NUMBER PER YEAR IS EIGHT. FOR A STATE BREAKDOWN THIS IS
WHAT WE HAVE:
EASTERN OHIO: 5
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA: 2
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: 21
ZANESVILLE 2
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.83 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/21/2026
START TIME: 02:27 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNW FULTONHAM / MUSKINGUM COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 39.8672 / -82.1495
END DATE: 07/21/2026
END TIME: 02:47 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 SE PHILO / MUSKINGUM COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 39.8049 / -81.8645
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A WEAK EF0 TORNADO COMMENCED JUST NORTH OF FULTONHAM NEAR WORKMAN
ROAD. VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS CAPTURED JUST PRIOR
TO THIS TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE MUSKINGUM - LICKING COUNTY LINE. THE
TWISTER THEN HAD INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS AS IT MOVED EAST
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE WAS SINGLE TREES DOWN AND LARGE BRANCHES. THE AMOUNT OF
DAMAGED TREES THAT WERE VISIBLE DURING THE SURVEY WAS LESS THAN
50 FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRACK. THIS NUMBER COULD INCREASE
PENDING ADDITIONAL REPORTS OVER THE COMING DAYS. THE STORM
TRAVELED EAST DOWNING A FEW TREES IN AVONDALE ON THE WEST SIDE OF
STATE ROUTE 93. WHEN IT ARRIVED NEAR BAUGHMAN RUN AND
BUTTERBEAN RIDGE AREA LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW HARDWOOD TREES WERE
OBSERVED TO BE DOWN. THE LAST OBSERVED DAMAGE POINT WAS ALONG
BUTTERMILK ROAD EAST OF GAYSPORT WHERE LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWN
ALONG BUTTERMILK ROAD. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOR INJURIES WERE
OBSERVED OR REPORTED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO
THANK MUSKINGUM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR ALL THEIR
ASSISTANCE.
THESE ARE THE 32ND AND 33RD TORNADOES ON RECORD FOR
MUSKINGUM COUNTY SINCE 1880. THE LAST TORNADO TO AFFECT
MUSKINGUM COUNTY WAS JUNE 6TH 2024. WITH THESE TORNADOES, THIS
BRINGS OUR OFFICE COUNT FOR THE YEAR UP TO 27 TORNADOES. THE
AVERAGE NUMBER PER YEAR IS EIGHT. FOR A STATE BREAKDOWN THIS IS
WHAT WE HAVE:
EASTERN OHIO: 5
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA: 2
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: 21
VILLA MARIA TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/21/2026
START TIME: 07:05 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 NE VILLA MARIA / LAWRENCE COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 41.0867 / -80.5081
END DATE: 07/21/2026
END TIME: 07:06 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 ENE VILLA MARIA / LAWRENCE COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 41.0803 / -80.5039
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SMALL SUPERCELL DEVELOPED IN MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO, AND TRACKED
ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE INTO NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE
COUNTY. CYCLING SEVERAL TIMES, THE SUPERCELL PRODUCED ITS FIRST OF
THREE TORNADOES IN OUR AREA JUST NORTH OF VILLA MARIA. THERE, ALONG
EVERGREEN ROAD, A NARROW, SHORT SWATH OF TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED STARTING
WITH SNAPPED LARGE BRANCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF EVERGREEN ROAD. AS
THE TORNADO TRACKED SOUTHEAST, PART OF THE ROOF OF A HOME WAS REMOVED
ON THE EAST SIDE OF EVERGREEN ROAD, ALONG WITH SOME SOFTWOOD TREES
UPROOTED ON COFFEE RUN ROAD JUST OFF OF EVERGREEN ROAD. NO FURTHER DAMAGE
WAS FOUND DOWNSTREAM OF COFFEE RUN ROAD, AND RADAR INDICATIONS SUGGEST
THAT THE TORNADO OCCLUDED AT THIS POINT AS A NEW MID-LEVEL MESOCYCLONE
BEGAN TO DEVELOP, FURTHER SUPPORTING THE END OF THE TRACK AT THIS POINT.
THIS LAST TORNADO TO OCCUR IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, PA WAS AN EF0 ON MAY 3RD,
2021.
PORTERSVILLE TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 61 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/21/2026
START TIME: 07:56 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSE PORTERSVILLE / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.9038 / -80.1387
END DATE: 07/21/2026
END TIME: 07:56 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 SSE PORTERSVILLE / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.9036 / -80.1348
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE SAME SUPERCELL, FOLLOWING SEVERAL FAILED TORNADOGENESIS ATTEMPTS,
WAS SUCCESSFUL AGAIN AND PRODUCED ANOTHER BRIEF, WEAK TORNADO THIS TIME
INTO BUTLER COUNTY. A VIDEO WAS RECEIVED OF A CLEAR TORNADO TRACKING
THROUGH A FIELD ON BAUDER SCHOOL ROAD EAST OF ROUTE 19. DRONE FOOTAGE
CONFIRMED THAT TRACK WITH EVIDENCE OF A NARROW VORTEX WITHIN THE
VEGETATION IN THAT FIELD. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED OVER BAUDER SCHOOL
ROAD WHERE IT DID VERY MINIMAL, BUT NOTABLE, TREE DAMAGE TO THE
BEGINNING OF AN AREA OF WOODS. THE TORNADO THEN OCCLUDED AND LIFTED
ONCE AGAIN WITH NO FURTHER DOWNSTREAM DAMAGE NOTED EITHER BY ROAD
NETWORK OR WITH DRONE FOOTAGE. NWS PITTSBURGH THANKS THE PUBLIC AND
MEDIA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
THE LAST TORNADO TO OCCUR IN BUTLER COUNTY, PA WAS AN EF0 ON MAY 21ST,
2025.
WHITESTOWN TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.23 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/21/2026
START TIME: 08:01 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 SW PROSPECT / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.8745 / -80.0975
END DATE: 07/21/2026
END TIME: 08:02 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW PROSPECT / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.8742 / -80.0931
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A THIRD, AND FINAL, TORNADO FROM THE PERSISTENT SUPERCELL THEN
DEVELOPED SOUTHEAST OF PORTERSVILLE AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 79
ALONG YELLOW CREEK ROAD. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE END
OF A PATCH OF WOODS ON THE WEST SIDE OF YELLOW CREEK ROAD RESULTING
IN LARGE BRANCHES BREAKING AND A LARGE TREE NEARLY ENTIRELY UPROOTED
BUT STILL HANGING ON TO THE HILLSIDE WITH PART OF THE ROOT SYSTEM
INTACT. THE TORNADO THEN PROGRESSED EAST THROUGH AN OPEN FIELD
AND CROSSED YELLOW CREEK ROAD. ON THAT SIDE, SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE
WAS NOTED ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITH TWO LARGE HEALTHY TREES
FULLY UPROOTED AND ONE LANDING PARTIALLY ON AN OUTBUILDING. LEAF
AND TWIG DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. NO ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE EAST BEYOND THAT PROPERTY ALONG STONE CHURCH
ROAD, THROUGH AVAILABLE ROAD NETWORK WAS A LIMITING FACTOR TO EVALUATION
WITHIN THE WOODED AREA BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROADS.
THE LAST TORNADO TO OCCUR IN BUTLER COUNTY, PA WAS AN EF0 ON MAY 21ST,
2025.
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.
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