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Three Tornadoes Confirmed in Pennsylvania

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist

Published Jul 11, 2015 4:29 PM EST | Updated Jul 11, 2015 7:58 PM EST

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After the word went out that the state was to face one of its worst severe weather outbreaks this year Wednesday night, the NWS had confirmed three tornadoes in Pennsylvania by Friday:

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This brings the state up to 6 tornadoes total this year, compared to a (full-year) average of 11.7 for the last 10 years.

The most impressive damage came from the EF-1 tornado in Tilden Township in Berks County, where a school was destroyed.



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Here's a video of the actual tornado:

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Tornado touching down in Tilden Township, Berks County!Posted by Buffy Nugent Krajewski on Thursday, July 9, 2015

None of the three confirmed tornadoes were within a Tornado Warning (see below). By the looks of the photos and video, they were very small tornadoes, which could not necessarily be detected by radar.

The National Weather Service in State College, Pennsylvania, featured detailed maps and photos of their tornadoes as well:

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For the record, this is what the radar animation looked like this day:

And following are the Local Storm Reports that were filed, and warnings that were issued.

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