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[STORMREPORTS] Cumberland County PA - Severe Thunderstorm/ Tornado Warning

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From: Jonathan E. Anschutz (janschutz{at}yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 04 2004 - 20:48:09 EDT


At approximately 5:15 PM, Wednesday August 4. A severe thunderstorm
(actually 2) moved through the Mechanicsburg/Camp Hill area of
Cumberland County.

As the storm approached the sky was black and I did observe similar
characteristics to the Campbelltown storm that produced the tornado
3 weeks ago today.

As the storm approached, it felt as though the humidity increased.
There was strange calmness to the storm until it was almost on top
of us.

Once on top of us, I notice what I thought to be a scud cloud as it
was horizontal, but as it expanded it began to rotate.

As the scud passed over head the winds increased dramatically and I
noted rotation both in the storm and a small amount on the ground.

The rotation quickly passed and a tornado warning was issued for
Cumberland and Dauphin counties about 2 minutes later.

Hearing most of the damage was actually in the Harrisburg vicinity
and the mayor of Harrisburg has declared a state of emergency.

Jonathan Anschutz
Mechanicsburg, PA

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