Re: tornadoes confirmed
Posted by
Fred on 7/30/2009, 2:18 pm
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
124 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2009
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR UNIONVILLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK...
LOCATION...UNIONVILLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK
DATE...JULY 29 2009
ESTIMATED TIME...3:05 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1 MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.29
ENDING LAT/LON...74.57
FATALITIES...0
INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY OFFICE
AND THE ORANGE COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS CONFIRMED
A TORNADO NEAR UNIONVILLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK ON JULY 29
2009.
BASED ON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWING STRONG LOW LEVEL
ROTATION...PHOTOGRAPHS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDING MORE THAN TWO
THIRDS TOWARD THE SURFACE AS IT APPROACHED UNIONVILLE AND THE WIND
DAMAGE SURVEY PERFORMED BY THE MOUNT HOLLY OFFICE WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF ORANGE COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...A
TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN UNIONVILLE. MANY TREES AND LARGE TREE
BRANCHES FELL ACROSS STREETS INCLUDING HOUSES AND CARS.
THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED
AN EF2 TORNADO IN WANTAGE NEW JERSEY JUST MINUTES EARLIER DURING
THE AFTERNOON ON JULY 29TH.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1132 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2009
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR WANTAGE IN SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY...
LOCATION...WANTAGE IN SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY
DATE...JULY 29 2009
ESTIMATED TIME...248 PM - 300 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...120 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...7 MILES
FATALITIES...0
INJURIES...0
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR WANTAGE IN SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY ON JULY 29 2009.
MOST OF THE WIND DAMAGE WAS MAINLY TO TREES. TWO BARNS PARTIALLY
COLLAPSED, ONE SILO WAS DESTROYED AND TWO OTHER SILOS WERE DAMAGED.
THIS WAS FIRST CONFIRMED TORNADO IN SUSSEX COUNTY SINCE AUGUST 13,
1990. THIS WAS THE FIRST CONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE MOUNT HOLLY CWA
PART OF NEW JERSEY SINCE JUNE 2, 2006. THIS IS THE STRONGEST
TORNADO EVER IN SUSSEX COUNTY SINCE RECORDS STARTED IN 1950. THIS
IS THE FIRST F2 OR EF2 TORNADO IN NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS IN THE
MOUNT HOLLY CWA SINCE MAY 27, 2001 IN MANALAPAN IN MONMOUTH
COUNTY.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/PHI.
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