UPDATED Tue, June 16, 8:35am: Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in State College have confirmed that three more tornadoes touched down on Sunday: one near Pine Glen in Centre County; one in Homer Township, Potter County; and one in Grand Valley, Warren County.
UPDATED Mon, June 15, 3:04pm: Survey teams from the National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh confirmed Monday that a tornado occurred Sunday near the town of Anita in Jefferson County.
The National Weather Service in State College will send teams to survey more storm damage in northern Centre County, Potter County, western Clearfield County and southwestern Warren County. There were one or more tornado warnings in all of those areas on Sunday. The surveys will determine where tornadoes may have occurred.
Severe weather swept through central and northern Pennsylvania on Sunday.
In Jefferson County, a tornado was confirmed by emergency management. And the McCalmont Township Fire Company reported widespread damage from that storm near the town of Anita in Jefferson County. In Punxsutawney, a video posted on Facebook showed a possible tornado swirling behind the trees near a local farm.
The National Weather Service issued warnings for possible tornadoes during the evening for counties including Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Jefferson, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga and Warren counties. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for many more areas as a line of storms swept across the state.
The National Weather service received many preliminary storm reports of downed trees, including reports from Clearfield, Lycoming McKean and Warren counties. There was a report of a tree that fell on a house in the city of Warren, a tree on a car in Bellefonte, and a tree down on a wire near Jersey Shore.
The National Weather Service in State College will continue to gather storm damage reports and consider possible survey plans to officially determine where tornadoes may have touched down.
