Lower Bucks made it through Tuesday’s tornado watch without a scratch worth reporting. The watch covering Bucks County and Philadelphia expired at 9 p.m., the flood watch wound down at 2 a.m., and as of Wednesday morning the National Weather Service’s preliminary storm reports show no damage entries anywhere in Bucks County. The same cannot be said for the neighbors.
Key Takeaways
- No storm damage reports appear for Bucks County in the NWS preliminary log from Tuesday, and the tornado watch expired at 9 p.m. without a warning ever being issued for Lower Bucks.
- Others were not as lucky: a brief tornado touchdown near Portersville in western Pennsylvania was caught on video, tornadoes were confirmed in northern New Jersey, and a downed tree closed US 322 in both directions in Chester County.
- Wednesday clears out: the storm risk shifts to southern New Jersey and Delmarva, with drier weather and a high near 86 returning to the region into the weekend.
What actually happened here
Tuesday played out about as well as a tornado watch can. The strongest cells tracked south and west of Lower Bucks, and while the region sat under Tornado Watch 507 until 9 p.m., no tornado warning was issued for Bucks County and no flooding rose to the level of a report. The most visible local casualty was the Phillies game, which started 80 minutes late and was played in a drizzle at Citizens Bank Park.
Where the storms did their work
The National Weather Service’s preliminary storm reports sketch the map of who got hit:
Where What was reported…