MERCER COUNTY, Pa. — UPDATE 1/9 10:48 a.m.
The National Weather Service confirms an EF-1 tornado touched down in Mercer County Tuesday morning near New Lebanon.
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Maximum wind gusts of 95 mph were estimated.
The tornado is the seventh recorded January tornado in Pennsylvania since 1952.
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A team from the National Weather Service will be in Mercer County Wednesday conducting a survey of storm damaged caused by Tuesday's storms.
The team will be in the New Lebanon area.
Tornado Warning has expired for Mercer County. A special weather statement has been issued for the same storm as it continues east into Venango County.
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) January 8, 2019
Mercer County was under a tornado warning Tuesday morning as strong storms moved through.
According to the National Weather Service, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located about 10:57 a.m. near Greenville.
The same system caused a confirmed tornado just across the border in Trumbull County, Ohio.
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