PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
340 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2001
...A WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY...
A SMALL TORNADO OCCURRED IN NORTHWEST CLEARFIELD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
BETWEEN 730 PM AND 740 PM ON THURSDAY AUGUST 16. THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 50 TO 100 FEET
WIDE.
THE TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUTHERSBURG AND
CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO ABOUT A HALF MILE NORTH OF ANDERSON STATION
IN BLOOM TOWNSHIP. INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS WERE REPORTED ALONG THIS
PATH. A SMALL BARN WAS DESTROYED NEAR ROUTE 219 AND STATE ROUTE 4008
WITH DEBRIS FROM THE BARN LOCATED FOR SEVERAL MILES ALONG THE PATH.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH WAS FROM UPROOTED AND SNAPPED
SMALL TREES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS.
THE SMALL TORNADO WAS WITNESSED BY SEVERAL PERSONS...INCLUDING THE
CLEARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR...NEAR KRINERS
AUCTION ON ROUTE 219. ONE WITNESS REPORTED SEEING TWO FUNNELS AT
ONCE.
ALTHOUGH TREE AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE WERE LIMITED...THE SMALL TORNADO
HAD ESTIMATED TOP WIND SPEEDS OF 70 TO 75 MPH AND CAN BE CLASSIFIED
AS A WEAK F1 OR A STRONG F0 TORNADO ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED BY THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGER AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FRIDAY AUGUST 17.
$$
CORRECTED TIME ON THE TORNADO OCCURRENCE
MSE
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