2 Confirmed tornadoes in Pennsylvania 6/6/2005

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
601 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LYCOMING COUNTY...

A SURVEY TEAM COMPOSED OF OFFICIALS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE AND MEMBERS OF THE LYCOMING COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONFIRMED THAT A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF
HUNTERSVILLE...DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF JUNE 6TH.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ROUTE 864 BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF
FAIRFIELD CENTER AND HUNTERSVILLE AT 1255 PM MONDAY JUNE 6TH. THE
TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST ALONG ROUTE 864 FOR ABOUT ONE AND A HALF
MILES CAUSING TREE DAMAGE (ABOUT 30-40 TREES DOWN). THE PATH WIDTH
WAS 50 TO 75 YARDS. THE TORNADO LASTED JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES
BEFORE DISSIPATING.

THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN WINDS OF 80 MPH...MAKING IT AN
F1 ON THE FUJITA TORNADO SCALE. FOR REFERENCE...THE FUJITA SCALE
CLASSIFIES TORNADOES AS FOLLOWS:

F0 - WIND SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 73 MPH
F1 - WIND SPEEDS OF 73-112 MPH
F2 - WIND SPEEDS OF 113-157 MPH
F3 - WIND SPEEDS OF 158-206 MPH
F4 - WIND SPEEDS OF 207-260 MPH
F5 - WIND SPEEDS OF 261-318 MPH

THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS.

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ONDREJIK/RXR

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
250 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED IN TIOGA COUNTY...

A SURVEY TEAM COMPOSED OF OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN STATE COLLEGE AND MEMBERS OF THE TIOGA COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONFIRMED A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN
TIOGA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HAMMOND DURING THE LATE MORNING OF
JUNE 6TH.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF HAMMOND
LAKE...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIOGA-HAMMOND DAM...OR ABOUT 1
MILE NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HAMMOND...AT 1150 AM MONDAY JUNE 6TH.
THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE FOR ABOUT 2
MILES...CAUSING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE (ABOUT A DOZEN TREES DOWN). THE
PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED OVER THE LAKE
SOUTH OF THE DAM AT 1154 AM.

ADDITIONAL DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THE TIOGA-HAMMOND DAM...IN A PATH ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE
WIDE. THIS INCLUDED DOWNED TREES (SEVERAL DOZEN) IN ADDITION TO
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STORAGE BUILDINGS.

THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...MAKING
IT AN F0 ON THE FUJITA TORNADO SCALE. FOR REFERENCE...THE FUJITA
SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES AS FOLLOWS:

F0 - WIND SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 73 MPH
F1 - WIND SPEEDS OF 73-112 MPH
F2 - WIND SPEEDS OF 113-157 MPH
F3 - WIND SPEEDS OF 158-206 MPH
F4 - WIND SPEEDS OF 207-260 MPH
F5 - WIND SPEEDS OF 261-318 MPH

THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS.

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ONDREJIK/JUNG