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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA 
925 PM EDT FRI 
MAT 29 1998

...WEAK TORNADO IN BELLEFONTE...CENTRE COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED THAT A WEAK 
TORNADO (F0...WINDS AROUND 60 MPH) TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN 
BELLEFONTE...CENTRE COUNTY AROUND 5PM.

THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND A NARROW 2 MILE LONG PATH OF DAMAGE EXTENDING 
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...FROM APPROXIMATELY WATER STREET ACROSS 
CURTIN AND HIGH STREETS TO THE BLANCHARD STREET EXTENSION JUST 
SOUTHEAST OF MULBARGER ROAD. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS ONLY ABOUT 2 BLOCKS 
WIDE...OR ABOUT 1/4 MILE WIDE.

WHILE THE DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE-DOWNBURST 
WINDS...A TRAINED SPOTTER CONFIRMED A BRIEF TOUCH DOWN OF A SMALL 
TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF TALLYRAND PARK AS THE STORM PASSED.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED FROM THIS STORM.

LA CORTE










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