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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 17:19:52 EDT
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
350 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002
...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BROOKFIELD CT ON MAY 31ST...
WILLIAM JACQUEMIN...PROFESSIONAL METEOROLOGIST...CONFIRMED THE
OCCURRENCE OF AN F1 TORNADO IN BROOKFIELD AT 7:24 PM ON FRIDAY MAY
31ST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAD ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY AT 7:05 PM.
WILLIAM'S REPORT STATED THAT THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WEST
SIDE OF HILLANDALE ROAD...ABOUT 800 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF
LONG MEADOW HILL ROAD AND HILLANDALE ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST
ACROSS THIS INTERSECTION AND CONTINUED EAST TOWARD SIGNAL HILL ROAD.
IT MOVED ACROSS THE PROPERTY ON 17 SIGNAL HILL ROAD...THEN
DISSIPATED IN A WOODED AREA BEHIND THIS PROPERTY.
THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF ROTATION IN 2 LOCATIONS: LARGE TREES WERE
TWISTED OFF AT THEIR BASES AND TREES AND DEBRIS FELL IN A COUNTER
CLOCKWISE PATTERN AT THE INTERSECTION OF LONG MEADOW HILL ROAD AND
HILLANDALE ROAD...WHERE THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED AT F1 STRENGTH.
TREES ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE PATH WERE DOWNED TO THE EAST AND
WERE SNAPPED TOWARD THE NORTH ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PATH.
AT 17 SIGNAL HILL ROAD...TREES WERE ALSO LYING IN A COUNTER
CLOCKWISE DIRECTION.
MOST DAMAGE OCCURRED TO TREES...FENCES...AND SMALLER BUILDINGS.
THE TORNADO STRENGTH WAS ESTIMATED AT F1...REPRESENTING WIND SPEEDS
FROM 73 TO 112 MPH. THE ESTIMATED PATH LENGTH WAS ONE HALF MILE.
THE ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APPRECIATES COOPERATION WITH ALL OF ITS
PARTNERS...INCLUDING OUR SKYWARN SPOTTERS...IN PRODUCING ACCURATE
AND RELIABLE FINDINGS FROM STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.
$$
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NOUS41 KBGM 041936
PNSBGM
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002
...MINOR TORNADO DAMAGE FOUND IN SANFORD TOWNSHIP BROOME COUNTY AND
ALSO IN WESTERN BROOME COUNTY ALONG BEAN HILL ROAD...
...BOTH TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS OCCURRED FRIDAY MAY 31ST AND HAD MAXIMUM
WINDS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS AN
F0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEPOSIT NEW YORK IN
SANFORD TOWNSHIP FRIDAY MAY 31ST. WIND SPEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 60 MPH WHICH PLACES IT WITHIN
THE F0 RANGE OF THE FUJITA TORNADO INTENSITY SCALE.
THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN CLOSE TO A CAMPGROUND OFF OF H.
DECKER ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELLED NORTHEAST ACROSS A SMALL
LAKE WITH MINOR TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED. AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED SEEING
A SWIRLING MASS OF DEBRIS WHICH WAS MAINLY COMPOSED OF LEAVES. HE
ALSO SAW A PICNIC TABLE GET LIFTED UP AND THROWN ABOUT 50 YARDS INTO
THE LAKE. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST AND LIFTED CLOSE TO
BLUEBERRY LAKE IN SANFORD TOWNSHIP.
THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED TO STRUCTURES FROM THIS
TORNADO. THE PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN ONE MILE WITH MAXIMUM WIDTH
ABOUT 100 YARDS. MOST OF THE DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO WAS TO TREES.
THERE WAS ANOTHER F0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ALONG BEAN HILL ROAD IN
WESTERN BROOME COUNTY FRIDAY MAY 31ST. THERE WERE SEVERAL TREES
SNAPPED AND TWISTED CONSISTENT WITH AN F0 INTENSITY TORNADO WITH
MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 60 MPH. THERE WERE NO STRUCTURAL
DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO EVEN THOUGH IT PASSED NEAR A
HOME. THIS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN LIKELY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME
STORM THAT CAUSED MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NORTH OF OWEGO IN TIOGA
COUNTY.
MORE INFORMATION, ALONG WITH DAMAGE PHOTOS WILL BE POSTED TO THE NWS
BINGHAMTON WEB SITE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE ADDRESS IS:
http://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM
NICOSIA/FIORI
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