From the US National Weather Service
Here’s an update one of the five tornadoes from the March 16th event, the one that touched down near Josephine. The update was issued at 11:30 this morning.
Josephine, PA Tornado…
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 105 mph
Path Length /statute/: 1.21 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 50 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 03/16/2025
Start Time: 01:30 PM EDT
Start Location: 1 N Black Lick / Indiana County / PA
Start Lat/Lon: 40.4856 / -79.1785
End Date: 03/16/2025
End Time: 01:31 PM EDT
End Location: 2 NNE Black Lick / Indiana County / PA
End Lat/Lon: 40.4982 / -79.1664
Survey Summary:
A tornado touched down in a field near Barrondale Rd., causing partial collapse of a barn and uplifting the roof of an outbuilding before moving into a forested area and causing sporadic hardwood tree damage. Damage became more consistent along a ridge line immediately south of Luciusboro Rd. The tornado crossed the road, snapping the tops of softwood trees before uplifting the roof and collapsing the walls of a second barn. Debris from the second barn was lofted and ejected to the left of the track. The tornado continued into the woods and to the next ridge line, uprooting a cluster of large hardwoods and snapping multiple trunks. A portion of the barn roof was
deposited near the ridge line, over 300 yards to the north.
