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Subject: Public Information Statement for PA
To: skywarn{at}exotrope.net
From: WeatherGuys{at}WeatherGuys.com
Date: 17 Jun 2000 21:03:35 -0400
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
815 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 2000
..TWO TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES FRIDAY
EVENING...
INVESTIGATORS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN STATE
COLLEGE PA WERE DISPATCHED TO LYCOMING COUNTY TODAY TO SURVEY DAMAGE
FROM FRIDAY NIGHTS STORMS. THE RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION: TWO
CONFIRMED TORNADOES.
THE FIRST PRODUCED SPORADIC DAMAGE ALONG A 17 MILE LONG PATH FROM
NORTH OF MONTOURSVILLE IN LYCOMING COUNTY...TO NEAR EAGLES MERE IN
SULLIVAN COUNTY. MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG A PATH ONE AND
ONE HALF MILE LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE IN THE TOWN OF FARRAGUT. THE
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF FARRAGUT NEAR THE LOYALSOCK CREEK
AROUND 545 PM. IT UPROOTED 10 TO 20 TREES...MAINLY IN THE TOWN OF
FARRAGUT. ONE TREE FELL ON A HOUSE PRODUCING A HOLE IN THE ROOF. A ROOF
WAS ALSO PARTIALLY TORN OFF A BARN JUST OFF ROUTE 87...AND A ROOF
WAS LIFTED OFF A SHED IN THE SAME AREA. THE TORNADO LIFTED UP ABOUT A
MILE EAST OF FARRAGUT AT APPROXIMATELY 600 PM. THE TORNADO...AS
OBSERVED BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS...TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AS IT CROSSED THE
LYCOMING-SULLIVAN COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF GLEN MAWR AT
620 PM...DOWNING TREES. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS THEN TRAVELED TO EAGLES
MERE...BUT NO ADDITIONAL TOUCHDOWNS WERE REPORTED 1.25 INCH HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR EAGLES MERE AROUND 630 PM AS THE FUNNEL LIFTED INTO
THE CLOUDS.
A SECOND TORNADO PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH THREE TENTHS OF A MILE LONG
AND 40 YARDS WIDE. THIS SHORT LIVED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 200
YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE FIRST TORNADO IN FARRAGUT...SHORTLY AFTER
545 PM. THIS TORNADO ALSO UPROOTED 5 TO 10 TREES. THE TORNADO LIFTED
BACK INTO THE CLOUDS BY 550 PM.
BOTH TORNADOES WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE TOP WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 90
MPH...CLASSIFYING THEM AS F1 STORMS ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
OTHER DOWNED TREES WERE NOTED NEAR PICTURE ROCKS. THIS DAMAGE...
WHICH OCCURRED AROUND 645 PM...WAS LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND
THUNDERSTORM WHICH TRACKED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE FIRST TORNADIC
STORM.
MORE TREES WERE NOTED DOWN ALONG ROUTE 15 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
ROUTE 973. ADDITIONALLY...A WIND GUST OF 67 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE
LYCOMING EMA OFFICE. OVER 1400 PEOPLE WERE REPORTED WITHOUT POWER IN
MONTOURSVILLE.
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JUNG/ONDREJIK
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