An EF-0 tornado touched down in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday as severe weather hit the Philadelphia region, the National Weather Service said.

An EF0 tornado touched down Tuesday afternoon with peak winds of 70 mph. A downdraft packing those same potent winds continued northeastward in Montgomery County the National Weather Service said.

Forecasters classified the twister as an EF-0 with 70 mph winds that damaged trees along its nearly one-mile path earlier this week.