The tornado survey is complete. Here is the report issued by the National Weather Service for the tornado that touched down Sunday afternoon in Schuyler County. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY 254 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR READING IN SCHUYLER COUNTY NEW YORK... LOCATION...READING IN SCHUYLER COUNTY NEW YORK DATE...JULY 13 2014 ESTIMATED TIME...434 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...125 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.44N / 76.98W ENDING LAT/LON...42.45N / 76.91W * 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 BINGHAMTON, NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR READING IN SCHUYLER COUNTY NEW YORK ON JULY 13 2014. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ALTAY ROAD AT 434 PM EDT IN THE TOWN OF READING AND TRACKED EAST SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MANY TREES ALONG ITS PATH. THE TORNADO BLEW A CANOE 150 YARDS FROM A POND AND WRAPPED IT AROUND A POLE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS LARGE SPLINTERS FROM TREES AND BRANCHES IMPALED IN THE GROUND. THE TORNADO PARTIALLY LIFTED A ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE AS IT TRACKED INTO THE WOODS. THE HOME WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF A CAR AS WELL. THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE CANOPY INCLUDING A SHINGLE THAT WAS IMPALED ON A BRANCH NEAR THE TOP OF A DAMAGED OAK TREE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST FOR ANOTHER COUPLE MILES CAUSING ONLY TREE DAMAGE THAT TAPERED OFF BY THE TIME THE TORNADO LIFTED BY ROUTE 14. THERE WERE NUMEROUS PHOTOS AND EVEN A VIDEO OF THIS TORNADO. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/BGM. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ DAVE NICOSIA WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NWS BINGHAMTON NY
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:11:53 +0000
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