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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
735 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 14TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #2
OVERVIEW
THIS IS THE SECOND UPDATE WHICH INCLUDES TWO NEW TORNADOES THAT
WERE FOUND IN BUTLER COUNTY AND THREE CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN
COLUMBIANA COUNTY INTO BEAVER COUNTY. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE PREVIOUSLY
DOCUMENTED JEFFERSON COUNTY TORNADO BUT WITH UPDATED INFORMATION.
THIS PUTS THE EVENT TOTAL AT 6 TORNADOES AND A TOTAL OF 13 TORNADOES
FOR THE YEAR IN THE NWS PITTSBURGH FORECAST AREA.
ANITA PA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.72 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 04:36 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 NW PUNXSUTAWNEY / JEFFERSON COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 41.0042 / -79.013
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 04:49 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 WNW BIG RUN / JEFFERSON COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 41.0151 / -78.9473
SURVEY SUMMARY:
WITH THE GUIDANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA, 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 AND BLOCKS RD, 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 TOWARD SHANE DR, 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.
*NEW* DAMAGE TO A BARN AND TREES ALONG GRAFFIUS AVE EXT WAS
BROUGHT TO THE SURVEY TEAM'S ATTENTION ON TUESDAY, ENABLING THE
SURVEY TEAM TO EXTEND THE PRIOR PATH OVER THE HILLSIDE ADJACENT TO
SHANE DR. THERE WERE SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE DAMAGE SWATHS THAT WILL
BENEFIT FROM AN AERIAL SURVEY, WHICH THE SURVEY TEAM HAS RECEIVED
AND WILL EXAMINE OVER THE COMING DAYS. OBSERVED DAMAGE IS
CONSISTENT WITH A HIGH-END EF1 WIND SPEED (MAX WIND 110 MPH),
WHICH WILL BE REEVALUATED UPON REVIEW OF THE PROVIDED AERIAL
SURVEY. NO TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS
JEFFERSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL EXTENSIVE SEARCHES FOR DAMAGE WERE
CONDUCTED IN THE RINGGOLD AREA, AND NEAR CORSICA, TO NO AVAIL. AS
OF THIS UPDATE, THE TORNADO'S PATH IS UPDATED TO 3.7 MILES LONG,
AND WIDTH OF 300 YD. 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.
MORAINE NORTH SHORE IN SLIPPERY ROCK PA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 97 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.21 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 05:34 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 N PORTERSVILLE / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.9897 / -80.1391
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:38 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSW WEST LIBERTY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.9851 / -80.0803
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH CONCLUDED AN EF1
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF MORAINE STATE PARK ON SUNDAY
JUNE 14TH. THE TORNADO STARTED ON PATTERSON ROAD, WEST OF WEST PARK
ROAD, THEN MOVED EAST, SNAPPING LARGE BRANCHES AND A FEW TREES NEAR
THE TRUNK ALONG CORNELLUS ROAD. THERE WAS A BRIEF PERIOD WHEN THE
TWISTER LIFTED BEFORE IT CAME BACK DOWN AND CAUSED TREE DAMAGE ON
CORNELLUS ROAD. THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON
WEST PARK ROAD WHERE AN OLD BARN ROOF WAS LIFTED OFF AND NUMEROUS
LARGE TREES HAD BRANCHES KNOCKED DOWN.
MUDDY CREEK ROAD NEAR ROUTE 8 IN SLIPPERY ROCK PA
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.63 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 05:46 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 ESE WEST LIBERTY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.9775 / -79.9814
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:46 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 SW WEST SUNBURY / BUTLER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.9723 / -79.972
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SEPARATE CIRCULATION PRODUCED A SECOND TORNADO (EF0 INTENSITY)
SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRST TRACK. THIS STORM BROKE LARGE HARDWOOD TREE
BRANCHES. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED OR REPORTED. ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE FARTHER INTO THE WOODED AREAS IS POSSIBLE AND COULD
NECESSIATE FUTURE CHANGES IF AERIAL FOOTAGE IS OBTAINED AT A LATER
DATE. THE TORNADO LIFTED BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF MUDDY CREEK
DRIVE AND ROUTE 8 SINCE NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND EAST OF ROUTE 8.
WITH THESE TWO TORNADOES, THIS MARKS 30 DOCUMENTED TORNADOES FOR
BUTLER COUNTY SINCE 1880. THE LAST REPORTED TORNADO FOR BUTLER
COUNTY WAS MAY 2025.
NEAR SALEM OH TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 450 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 04:56 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2.5 SW SALEM / COLUMBIANA COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 40.8861 / -80.9014
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:08 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 WSW MIDDLETON / COLUMBIANA COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 40.8331 / -80.7078
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FIRST NOTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CIDER MILL
ROAD AND GEORGETOWN ROAD, WITH SOME TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. AS
THE TORNADO TRAVELED SOUTHEAST, IT RIPPED OFF AND THREW A METAL
SHEET 800FT INTO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND INTO THE TREES. SEVERAL
TREES IN THIS LOCATION WERE ALSO SNAPPED HALF WAY UP THE BASE OR
UPROOTED. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED, AGAIN TO TREES ALONG STEWARD
ROAD AND HUNT ROAD. HERE, TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED,
BRINGING DOWN A POWER POLE. A HOUSE ALSO HAD SOME SHINGLES REMOVED
AND THREE LARGE PINES UPROOTED. A DEFINITIVE PATH CONTINUED TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NOTED ALONG DEPOT ROAD, STATE
ROUTE 45, SALEM GRANGE ROAD, LISBON ROAD AND JUST SOUTH OF STATE
ROUTE 558. ALL OF THIS DAMAGE WAS TO TREES. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED
JUST WEST OF STATE ROUTE 11, NEAR LOWER ELTON ROAD, WHERE DAMAGE
BECAME MUCH MORE SPORADIC AND MORE INDICATIVE OF STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK COLUMBIANA
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE ON THIS SURVEY.
NEAR CANNELTON PA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.78 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 140 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 05:24 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 ENE NEGLEY / COLUMBIANA COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 40.793 / -80.5239
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:26 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 WSW CANNELTON / BEAVER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.7882 / -80.5112
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE CELL THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO NEAR SALEM CONTINUED TO TRACK
SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD NEGLEY OH WITH A MUCH WEAKER PRESENTATION ON
RADAR THAN IT HAD PRIOR. JUST BEFORE THE STORM REACHED THE STATE
BORDER, ANOTHER TIGHTENING OF THE COUPLET WAS NOTED COINCIDENT WITH
A SWATH OF DAMAGE ALONG AND SOUTH OF DARLINGTON/CANNELTON ROAD.
HERE, SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE YOUNGSTOWN AND SOUTHERN
RAILROAD TRACKS AND ON A PROPERTY JUST ACROSS THE PA STATE LINE
INTO BEAVER COUNTY. AT THIS LOCATION, AN AWNING OF A GARAGE WAS
RIPPED OFF AND FLIPPED OVER THE GARAGE, FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, AS
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THIS WOULD
BE WHERE THE TORNADO WAS STRONGEST BEFORE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AS
IT MOVED TO THE SOUTHWEST. SOME TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH
OF CANNELTON ROAD BEFORE WATTS MILLS ROAD BUT NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
WAS NOTED EAST OF THERE. PENDING ADDITIONAL AERIAL SURVEYS, THE
TRACK COULD BE EXTENDED SOUTHEAST, BUT RADAR SUGGESTS THAT A STORM
DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS ONE DISRUPTED ITS TORNADOGENESIS AND
LIKELY PRECLUDED TOO MUCH FARTHER TRACKING OF THE TORNADO SOUTHEAST.
NEAR BEAVER FALLS PA TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.73 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 05:36 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 NW RACINE / BEAVER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.7671 / -80.3523
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 05:38 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NW BEAVER FALLS / BEAVER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.7642 / -80.3391
SURVEY SUMMARY:
CONCENTRATED DAMAGE WAS FIRST NOTED BY DARLING ROAD AND CLAYTON
ROAD, WHICH WAS COINCIDENT WITH A TIGHTENING COUPLET ON THE RADAR.
DAMAGE IN THIS LOCATION WAS MAINLY TO TREES, WITH LARGE BRANCHES
SNAPPED AND ONE TREE UPROOTED. DAMAGE THEN CONTINUED ALONG CLAYTON
ROAD AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST SOUTH OF CLAYTON ROAD. SOME SIDING
WAS RIPPED OFF A HOME ON GEORGE STREET AND TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF
AT VARYING LEVELS IN A SOUTHEASTWARD DIRECTION. A GARAGE WAS SMASHED
AFTER A PORTION OF A PINE TREE WAS SHEARED OFF AT ITS TOP. TREE
DAMAGE WAS NOTED UNTIL AROUND 27TH STREET, WHEN THE TORNADO
APPEARS TO HAVE LIFTED COINCIDENT WITH WEAKENING OF THE RADAR
SIGNATURE.
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.
FRAZIER
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