The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed that a tornado touched down near Dempseytown on Thursday.
No injuries or structural damage were reported.
A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh confirmed an EF-0 tornado occurred at about 1 p.m. Thursday. The twister formed near Billingsly Road and advanced across an open field before crossing Route 417 near Speer’s Public Golf Course, according to Lee Hendricks, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh.
The tornado passed near a home and snapped about a dozen pine trees and uprooted another tree in its path that was 455 yards long, he added.
Hendricks said the Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed seven tornadoes from Thursday – four in Ohio and three in Pennsylvania.
There were no injuries reported, but the Cochranton storm resulted in a semi-truck being blown off the road, two barn roofs torn off, and a garage left in pieces that were spread across a field.
In addition, a large evergreen tree was uprooted and fell on the roof of a house, and the top of the house’s chimney was knocked off and onto the roof. Multiple trees were damaged and part of a field was flattened.
