PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Over 10 tornado warnings were issued across northeastern and central Pennsylvania on Monday as severe thunderstorms ripped through the area.
At least one radar-confirmed tornado touched down in north Susquehanna County east of Montrose.
Debris was lofted into the air as indicated by radar before it crossed the border from Pennsylvania into New York state.
Several trees and wires were downed in Lanesboro on Stevens Point Road, likely due to the tornado.
The thunderstorms brought golf ball to half-dollar-sized hail to areas in Union County and torrential rainfall to much of the region.
Many received a widespread 1-2 inches, but one area in Bradford County to the west of Canton saw over 5 inches of rain in a very short period of time.
The quick downpours caused flash flooding, making several roads impassable near Lewisburg.
High winds greater than 60 miles per hour damaged the siding on homes and easily toppled trees across the area, with reports coming in from Monroeton, Elysburg, and Bloomsburg of trees downed.
Many of our viewers sent in photos of shelf clouds (the long ominous cloud that precedes the brunt of the storm) that featured a bluish/green tint, a clear indication of large hailstones lofted within the storms.
Photos were also sent in of a tornado "look-alike" from Dallas, PA. What it actually was a weather phenomenon called a "scud cloud," a piece of the shelf cloud that can lower, twist, and turn but is incapable of causing damage.
August 7 Severe Weather Viewer Photos
