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Severe Storms Pummel Pennsylvania

Quinn Lease

A line of powerful  storms hit Pennsylvania Monday afternoon and evening, prompting many severe thunderstorm warnings and a few tornado warnings across the state.

There were reports of numerous trees down, including one across Atherton Street in State College.  Snapped power lines closed a portion of Boal Avenue in Boalsburg, where crews worked late into the night.  Street flooding was reported in Altoona. Quarter-size hail was spotted in Kane. 

Credit (photo: Kellianne Klass)
Flooding on Atherton Street in State College.

And, according to meteorologist Steve Seman, the Williamsport airport reported a wind gust of 71 miles per hour as the squall line hit.

“That’s actually the fastest wind gust that’s been reported there since their automated observing equipment was installed in the mid 90’s," Seman said.

Thousands of Pennsylvania residents were left without power in counties around the state.  In Centre County, more than 17,000 customers were still without power Tuesday morning.

The National Weather Service plans to conduct storm surveys Tuesday, inspecting damage in Centre, Elk and McKean counties. 

Kristine Allen is Program Director of WPSU-FM. She also files feature stories for WPSU on the arts, culture, science, and more. When she's not at WPSU, Kris enjoys playing folk fiddle, acting, singing and portrait-sketching. She is also a self-confessed "science geek." Kris started working in public radio in college, at age 17, and says she "just couldn't stop."