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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
818 PM EDT Wed Jul 2 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0447 PM     Tornado          3 NNW Amity Gardens     40.31N 75.75W
07/01/2025                   Berks              PA   NWS Storm Survey

            A brief and weak tornado touched down on
            Weavertown Lane in Amity Township Berks
            County, Pennsylvania during the late
            afternoon of July 1. Several trees had large
            limbs broken or snapped off, some of which
            were twisted, although these were all
            softwood trees. At least one tree was
            uprooted. Sporadic tree damage continued
            down Weavertown Lane with the tornado
            crossing Old Swede Road. The direction of
            the damage had some variability to it. The
            tornado may have partially lifted for a
            time, however the visible damage ended
            across a farm field at Boyertown Pike near
            Camp Road where several trees were downed.
            Given that the damage was confined to
            softwood trees, this tornado was rated on
            the lower end of the EF0 range with peak
            winds to 70 mph. To the east and northeast
            of the tornado path however, a rear-flank
            downdraft with straight-line winds up to 70
            mph continued toward Boyertown with
            additional tree damage and then to the north
            side of Gilbertsville in Montgomery County
            where more tree damage occurred. There were
            several other areas of wind damage in Berks
            County, and the probable cause of this was
            severe straight-line winds.


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