Trees took down wires and landed on this Meshoppen Creek Rd. home in Bridgewater Twp. The National Weather Service confirmed Friday that a tornado touched down in the area. STAFF PHOTO/STACI WILSON
BY STACI WILSON
National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado with estimated maximum 90-mile per hour wind speeds touched down Thursday at about4:45 p.m.in the Montrose area.
A trained spotter for the National Weather Service reported one-inch hail fell in the Montrose area just before5 p.m.
National Weather Service was on the ground in Susquehanna County Friday morning surveying damage inBridgewaterand Harford townships.
Heavy winds brought down large trees inBridgewater, Dimock andNew Milfordwith reported roofs taken off buildings in some area.
A roof was taken off an outbuilding and blown into the road at the Jason and Amanda Rozell property onJohnson Pond Rd., in Bridgewater Twp.
Jason Rozell drags away one of the large limbs that fell on his Bridgewater Twp. property during Thursday’s storm. STAFF PHOTO/STACI WILSON
Jason Rozell was at work clearing debris from his property Friday morning.
On nearbyMeshoppen Creek Rd., a tree fell on Carlyle Berg’s garage.
“There are limbs through the roof,” he said. “The worst part is the cleanup. It takes time.”
Berg was finishing up some yard work when he saw a pure white wall of rain heading toward his home. He had just gotten off his tractor when the tree came down onto his garage.
He said he then hurried into his home to seek shelter from the driving winds.
After the storm passed, Berg said four or five people stopped to offer to help. “It was nice, but there was nothing they could do,” he said.
Crews from CGE work to clear storm and tree debris off Johnson Pond Rd., in Bridgewater Twp., on Friday. STAFF PHOTO/STACI WILSON
Area electricity providers, Penelec and Claverack, advised customers to prepare for outages through the weekend as lines knocked out in the storm were repaired.
Large trees snapped near this Johnson Pond Rd. home in Bridgewater Township during a tornado spawned by a storm system that swept through the area late Thursday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/STACI WILSON
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