Tornado Touched Down In Bucks County Sunday Night, Uprooting Trees And Damaging Camping Trailers
TINICUM TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) -- The National Weather Service says an EF-1 tornado briefly touched down in Tinicum Township, Bucks County when severe storms moved through the area on Sunday night. The twister had maximum sustained winds of 95 mph, uprooting trees and damaging camping trailers.
Dozens of trees snapped in half, uprooted, along with downed wires at Beaver Valley Family Campground after the @NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down for one minute on Sunday@CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/J83wZkOUuZ
— Chantee Lans (@ChanteeLans) May 23, 2019
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado touched down over the Beaver Valley Campgrounds at 9:51 p.m.
The twister was on the ground for about a quarter-of-a-mile and traveled 100 yards.
The tornado was only on the ground for a minute but uprooted dozens of trees. Three camping trailers were also significantly damaged by fallen trees.
#UPDATE: National Weather Service confirms an EF-1 tornado touched on Beaver Valley Campgrounds in Tinicum Township in Bucks County, PA on Sunday; No injuries, a few campers were on the grounds at the time @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/tH4UkPoXKP
— Chantee Lans (@ChanteeLans) May 23, 2019
Greg Weinrich, the campground's operator, told CBS3 that he heard a "freight train sound" between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. that night.
"This is not something that's normal for this area that we've seen before," Weinrich said.
No one was injured.
A tornado also touched down in Lancaster County the same night. That twister damaged homes and toppled trees in East Cocalico Township.
CBS3's Chantee Lans contributed to this report.