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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
634 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR APRIL 16TH, 2026 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
A STORM PASSED THROUGH VENANGO COUNTY FROM 04:18PM TO 04:49PM ON
APRIL 16TH, 2026. ALL DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WAS
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE, DESPITE RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THE
AREA WITH THE MOST NOTABLE DAMAGE WAS ONE MILE SOUTH OF UTICA,
WHERE ONE TREE WAS UPROOTED ALONGSIDE WATERLOO ROAD. SOME
SPORADIC LARGE BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONGSIDE PHELPS
ROAD. THIS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 04:20PM, TIED TO A STRONG
PUSH OF WINDS ON THE SOUTHERN END OF A DEVELOPING MESOVORTEX
EMBEDDED IN A LINE OF STORMS. PEAK ESTIMATED WIND SPEED WAS
ROUGHLY 60MPH. A SECOND AREA OF MORE CONCENTRATED DAMAGE WAS ON
THE SOUTHERN END OF ANOTHER MESOVORTEX IN THE LINE WHICH PASSED
ONE MILE WEST- SOUTHWEST OF DEMPSEYTOWN AT 04:30PM, WITH WIND
SPEED UP TO 50MPH KNOCKING DOWN A COUPLE DEAD TREES. OTHERWISE,
SPORADIC DAMAGE WAS NOTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BETWEEN 30MPH TO
40MPH, MOSTLY CHARACTERIZED BY SMALL BRANCHES DOWN.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
MILCAREK
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