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According to NWS, the first tornado started near the south side of North Church Street in Black Rock around 5:02 p.m. and ended around 5:05 p.m. near Glenville Road.
The EF1 tornado's 105 MPH winds damaged trees along its 75-yard path, NWS explained. There was also property damage reported due to the falling trees, such as a collapsed outbuilding and a fallen roof on Glenville Road.
The second tornado touched down at the edge of a cornfield north of Century Farms Road in East Hopewell Township (York County) at 5:26 p.m., Aug 7.
The EF1 tornado had winds up to 107 MPH causing damage to two fields, and then it snapped and uprooted a couple dozen trees.
The tornado lifted up just north of Fulton School Road at 5:28 p.m.
The third tornado also touched down in a cornfield a few minutes later just south of the 1000 block of Truce Road near Holtwood (Lancaster County) at 5:40 p.m.
The EF0 tornado had wind up to 85 MPH. It was only on the ground from approximately one minute, over an area about a half a mile long, but it managed to snap a large tree truck, break tree limbs, and damage a cornfield, NWS said.
There were no injuries reported in either tornado touch down incident.
Tornadoes are measured by the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which classifies them in the following categories:
EF0 (Weak): 65-85 mph winds
EF1 (Weak): 86-110 mph winds
EF2 (Strong): 111-135 mph winds
EF3 (Strong): 136-165 mph winds
EF4 (Violent): 166-200 mph winds
EF5 (Violent): >200 mph winds
Another tornado was confirmed in Eastern Pennsylvania, tearing through Allentown into Bethlehem. You can read about it and other tornadoes in the mid-Atlantic region here.
Winds that were not tornadoes did cause additional damage to the region, according to NWS:
"At 5 p.m. (Monday), a strong squall line crossed the Maryland/Pennsylvania border and entered into southwestern York County...This squall line continued eastward into Lancaster County and did not exit Lancaster County until after 6 p.m."
You can learn more about the storm damage here.
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