Official NWS Statements on yesterday's severe weather in VA, NC, and PA
follow. I'm afraid I was int he dentist's chair yesterday when the
severe weather was occurring. What luck! By the way, Vehicle #1 is
back in tip top shape once again. Did any of you guys witness severe
weather or have storm reports for CASI from yesterday's storms? Send
them to the list at casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org
ABUS34 KAKQ 022030
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
330 PM EST THU APR 2 1998
****ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HANOVER/CAROLINE COUNTY TORNADO****
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO ALONG AN 8 TO 9 MILE PATH
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COATESVILLE IN NORTHWESTERN HANOVER COUNTY EASTWARD
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF RUTHER GLEN. THE DAMAGE
PATH WAS NEARLY CONTINUOUS ALONG THIS TRACK...WITH DAMAGE INTENSITY
RANGING FROM F0/F1 TO STRONG F2/F3 IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS ALONG THE
PATH. DAMAGE PATH RANGED FROM ABOUT 200 YARDS WIDE TO 1/4 MILE WIDE AT
ITS WIDEST.
MOST SIGNFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO TWO HOMES EAST OF
COATESVILLE. ONE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ANOTHER SEVERELY
DAMAGED. NUMEROUS OTHER HOMES IN NORTHWEST HANOVER AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CAROLINE COUNTIES SUSTAINED LESSER DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...TWO MOBILE
HOMES WERE DESTROYED IN CAROLINE COUNTY. SEVERAL CHURCHES SUSTAINED
DAMAGE...AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THERE WERE TWO AREAS ALONG THE TORNADO PATH WHERE ENTIRE GROVES OF PINE
TREES WERE COMPLETELY FLATTENED BY THE TORNADO.
THERE WERE TWO CONFIRMED FATALITIES FROM THE STORM IN THE COATESVILLE
AREA OF NORTHWEST HANNOVER COUNTY...AND ONE MINOR INJURY IN CAROLINE
COUNTY. DOLLAR DAMAGE ESTIMATES NOT YET AVAILABLE.
BILL SAMMLER
WCM - WFO WAKEFIELD VA
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WWUS30 KAKQ 020336
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
1035 PM EST WED APR 01 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0652 PM MONTPELIER VA TORNADO
04/01/98 HANOVER TORNADO REPORTED JUST
NORTH OF MONTPELIER
BETWEEN RT 715 AND RT 631
BY STATE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
0700 PM BEAVER DAM VA TORNADO
04/01/98 HANOVER *** 2 DEAD ***
39 YEAR OLD MOTHER AND 13
WEEK OLD INFANT
KILLED...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
TO BUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN THROUGH THE
AREA
0705 PM COATESVILLE VA TORNADO
04/01/98 HANOVER EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS AND TREES
DOWN...MANY HEARD A
FREIGHT TRAIN SOUND
0710 PM RUTHER GLEN VA TORNADO
04/01/98 CAROLINE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
CARMEL CHURCH AND RUTHER
GLEN. TRACTOR TRAILOR
OVERTURNED. RAPIDLY
ROTATING STORM BASE ON GROUND.
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WWUS30 KRDU 022357
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
657 PM EST THU APR 02 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM CALDWELL NC TORNADO
04/01/98 ORANGE STORM SURVEY INDICATES
DAMAGE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
AS WIND DAMAGE WAS FROM A
TORNADO. MODULAR HOME
DESTROYED AND OTHER HOMES
DAMAGED.
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ABUS34 KRDU 022136 PNSRDU PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 435 PM EST THU APR 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE PRODUCED BY YESTERDAY`S SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN TWICE DURING ITS LIFETIME. THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE ORANGE AND REMAINED ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT TWO MILES. GENERALLY LIGHT HOUSE AND TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 75 MPH. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO LIFT AS IT CROSSED STATE ROUTE 86 THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ABOUT TWO MILES TO THE NORTHEAST ON PEARSON ROAD. THIS IS WHERE THE MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A MODULAR HOME WAS DESTROYED. THE DAMAGE PATTERN INDICATES WINDS OF UP TO 150 MPH AT THIS POINT. THE TORNADO STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT ANOTHER MILE BEFORE LIFTING. HOWEVER DEBRIS FROM THE TORNADO FELL FROM THE SKY FOR SEVERAL MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. HARNED NNNN
ABUS34 KMHX 022129
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NCZ029-044>047-079>081-091>095-098-103-104-022300-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
430 PM EST THU APR 2 1998
....SEVERE WEATHER ON APRIL 1....
AN INVESTIGATION OF STORM DAMAGE IN NEWPORT'S COUNTY WARNING AREA WAS MADE
TODAY. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO LENOIR COUNTY.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE OF THE EVENTS AND DAMAGE FOUND.
3:45 PM TOUCHDOWN IN WAYNE COUNTY 2 MILES SOUTH OF SEVEN SPRINGS
ON JIMMY WARD ROAD. TWO HOMES WITH DAMAGED ROOFS...TWO POLE BARNS
DOWN OR DAMAGED. EYEWITNESS SAW THE TORNADO. TREES CHOPPED OFF
MIDWAY UP FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES.
3:50 PM TOUCHDOWN ON DAILEY'S CHAPEL RD., 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SEVEN SPRINGS IN LENOIR COUNTY. ROOF TORN OFF TRAILER. DAMAGE TO A
TURKEY FARM. F1 DAMAGE, PATH ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE, 1 MILE LONG.
3:55 PM TOUCHDOWN ON DAVIS ROAD JUST EAST OF INTERESECTION WITH
HARDY BRIDGE ROAD, MOSS HILL. OUTBUILDING TOTALLY DESTROYED, FORD
EXPLORER ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES, ONE AIRPLANE HANGER DESTROYED, ONE
OTHER SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND A ROOF PARTIALLY REMOVED FROM A HOUSE.
AIRPLANES WERE LIFTED OUT OF THE HANGER AND THROWN, ONE BOAT WAS
PUSHED OUT OF THE HANGER A DISTANCE OF 100 YARDS. EMPLOYEE AT THE
HANGER REPORTED HE HEARD THE WARNING AND HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MOVE
PLANES INTO THE HANGER. F1 AND SOME F2 DAMAGE, PATH ABOUT 100 YARDS
WIDE, 1.5 MILES LONG.
4:05 PM TOUCHDOWN ON KENNEDY HILL ROAD AND SUTTON LOOP ROAD 3
MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE KINSTON CITY LIMITS. POLE BARN DESTROYED, 11
TRAILERS DAMAGED. ONE TRAILER TOTALLY DESTROYED HAD 3 OCCUPANTS AT
THE TIME (2 MINOR INJURIES, 1 BROKEN COLLAR BONE).
F1 DAMAGE, PATH ABOUT 75 YARDS WIDE, 1.5 MILES
4:50 PM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR HIGHWAY
258 BETWEEN JONESTOWN AND IRVINGS CROSSROADS IN LENOIR COUNTY.
5:15 PM CP&L CREW REPORTED A TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR
HIGHWAY 70 THREE MILES EAST OF WYSE FORK IN JONES COUNTY.
5:30 PM CRAVEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO ON HIGHWAY 43
NEAR BUTLER FORD ROAD.
5:44 PM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON HIGHWAY 118 NEAR RIVER ROAD.
BARTHOLF
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WWUS30 KMHX 020056
LSRMHX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
753 PM EST WED APR 01 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM NC TORNADO
04/01/98 LENOIR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE CAUSED
EAST OF SEVEN SPRINGS
0414 PM NC TORNADO
04/01/98 LENOIR TORNADO OVERTURNED
TRAILERS HWY 70 WEST OF
KINSTON.
0520 PM NC TORNADO
04/01/98 LENOIR FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED OVER
COVE CITY.
0530 PM NC TORNADO
04/01/98 CRAVEN RT 43 AND BUTLER FORD ROAD
0544 PM NC TORNADO
04/01/98 CRAVEN HIGHWAY 118 NEAR RIVER
ROAD
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ABUS34 KCTP 022244 PNSCTP PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 545 PM EST THU APR 02 1998 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED THAT A TORNADO OCCURRED IN MONTOUR COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED THAT A WEAK TORNADO STRUCK NORTHERN MONTOUR COUNTY AROUND 1240 PM WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST. THE TORNADO WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN F0...WITH WINDS UP TO 72 MPH. THE DAMAGE BEGAN JUST NORTH OF THE ROUTE 44 AND ROUTE 52 INTERSECTION IN ANTHONY TOWNSHIP. THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED ACROSS A TWO MILE LONG PATH AND WAS UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST...PARALLEL TO AND JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 44. SEVERAL FARMS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BARNS AND FARM EQUIPMENT. THREE SMALL BARNS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A HOUSE WAS UNROOFED AND ANOTHER BARN LOST PART OF ITS ROOF. DEBRIS FROM HOUSES AND BARNS WAS STREWN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FROM THEIR POINTS OF ORIGIN...WITH SOME SIDING AND SHEET METAL COMING TO REST IN THE TOPS OF TREES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. OSTUNO NNNN
WWUS30 KPHL 021742
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STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
1241 PM EST THU APR 02 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM N COVENTRY TWP PA CONFIRMED F1 TORNADO.
04/01/98 CHESTER PATH 1/2 MILE LONG AND 100
YARDS WIDE...FROM SW TO NE.
JUST W OF THE INTERSECTION
OF PA HWYS 100 AND 724.
TWO WOOD POWER LINE POLES
SNAPPED. NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO
ONE HOUSE. NO INJURIES OR
DEATHS.
0320 PM COATESVILLE PA FLOODING
04/01/98 CHESTER ROADWAY AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING.
0655 PM NORTH PLAINFIELD NJ FLOODING
04/01/98 SOMERSET ROUTE 22 CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0925 PM SOUDERTON PA .5 INCH HAIL
04/01/98 MONTGOMERY WIND GUST TO 49 MPH.
0935 PM DOYLESTOWN PA .5 INCH HAIL
04/01/98 BUCKS
0945 PM WARMINSTER PA .25 INCH HAIL
04/01/98 BUCKS
0955 PM SECANE PA .5 INCH HAIL
04/01/98 DELAWARE
1015 PM PENNSAUKEN NJ .25 INCH HAIL
04/01/98 CAMDEN
1015 PM MAPLE SHADE NJ .25 INCH HAIL
04/01/98 BURLINGTON
1050 PM NEW EGYPT NJ .75 INCH HAIL
04/01/98 OCEAN
IOVINO/KRAUS/DELISI/MIKETTA
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SXUS99 KAVP 021726 RERAVP RECORD REPORT FOR AVOCA AIRPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1225 PM EST THU APR 02 1998 ...RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AT THE SCRANTON - WILKES BARRE AIRPORT... ON THE 28TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 61 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD HIGHEST LOW FOR MARCH 28TH OF 58 DEGREES SET IN 1908. ALSO ON THE 28TH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 70 BROKE THE HIGHEST FOR MARCH 28TH. THE OLD RECORD WAS 65 IN 1922. THIS ALSO BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF 69 SET ON MARCH 16... 1990. ON THE 29TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 56 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD HIGHEST LOW FOR MARCH 29TH OF 55 DEGREES SET IN 1907. ALSO ON THE 29TH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES TIED THE HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DAY ALSO SET IN 1907. ON THE 30TH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD HIGH FOR THE DAY OF 83 SET IN 1977. THIS ALSO TIED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH SET ON MARCH 29... 1905. ALSO ON THE 30TH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67 DEGREES TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DAY SET IN 1986. FOR THE 31ST OF MARCH A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 WAS SET. THE OLD RECORD FOR THIS DAY WAS 77 SET IN 1945. THIS ALSO BROKE THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE OLD RECORD WAS 84 DEGREES THE DAY BEFORE AND ON MARCH 29TH 1905. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES ON THE 31ST BROKE THE HIGHEST LOW RECORD FOR THE DAY OF 55 SET IN 1979. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72 ON THE 31ST BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DAY OF 63 ALSO SET IN 1979. IT ALSO BROKE THE THREE DAY OLD RECORD OF 70 FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. CHAMPNEY NNNN
SXUS99 KPHL 010305 RERPHL RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 1003 PM EST TUE MAR 31 1998 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT WILMINGTON DELAWARE... THE TEMPERATURE AT IN WILMINGTON DELAWARE CLIMBED TO 82 DEGREES TODAY. THIS IS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD HIGH WAS 80 SET IN 1979. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE MIDWEST WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATON WITH DENSE CLOUDS INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BREAK THE STRING OF UNSEASONABLE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER BACK TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS INTO THE WEEKEND. MILLER NNNN
SXUS99 KPIT 010216 RERPIT OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-010500- RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 916 PM EST TUE MAR 31 1998 ...MORE RECORD HEAT ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY... UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THIS AFTERNOON...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ZANESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT REACHED 83 DEGREES. THIS SHATTERED THE OLD RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1986. THIS WAS ONLY 2 DEGREES SHY OF THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH WHICH WAS 85 DEGREES IN 1950. WITH TODAYS RECORD...THIS MARKS THE 4TH TIME IN THE LAST 6 DAYS A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS BROKEN IN ZANESVILLE. THE RECORD WARMTH WAS NOT LIMITED TO OHIO. IN MORGANTOWN WEST VIRGINIA...THE TEMPERATURE HIT 83 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL... BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 79 SET BACK IN 1986. THIS WAS STILL THREE DEGREES SHY OF THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR MARCH WHICH WAS 86 SET BACK IN 1966. OUR SUMMERTIME PREVIEW IS JUST ABOUT OVER. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...PUTTING AN END TO OUR STRING OF SUMMERLIKE WEATHER. IN FACT...BY LATE THIS WEEK... TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR EVEN A BIT BELOW NORMAL. HOWIE NNNN
SXUS99 KHAR 312226 RERHAR RECORD REPORT FOR HARRISBURG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 525 PM EST TUE MAR 31 1998 ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT HARRISBURG... THE TEMPERATURE AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN MIDDLETOWN REACHED 85 DEGREES AT 4 PM...BREAKING THE RECORD FOR MARCH 31ST OF 83 DEGREES SET IN 1943. THIS IS THE THIRD HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS. THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH IS 87 DEGREES SET JUST YESTERDAY. CONTINUOUS RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT AT HARRISBURG SINCE 1888. HEAD/OSTUNO NNNN
SXUS99 KIPT 312037 RERIPT RECORD REPORT FOR WILLIAMSPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 334 PM EST TUE MAR 31 1998 ...RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH TIED AT WILLIAMSPORT... THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 87 DEGREES AT 2 PM AT WILLIAMSPORT. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH 31ST OF 81 DEGREES SET IN 1943. MORE SIGNIFICANTLY...THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WHICH WAS SET ON MARCH 30 1986. THE TEMPERATURE HAS FALLEN OFF A BIT SINCE 2 PM. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AGAIN TODAY ONLY IF THE MONTHLY RECORD IS BROKEN. THIS WAS THE FIRST RECORD HIGH SET AT WILLIAMSPORT DURING THE CURRENT SPELL OF WARM WEATHER. IT SHOULD ALSO BE THE LAST SINCE A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING IN SHARPLY LOWER TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. CONTINUOUS WEATHER RECORDS AT WILLIAMSPORT DATE BACK TO 1895. OSTUNO NNNN
SXUS99 KABE 311716 RERABE RECORD EVENT REPORT FOR ALLENTOWN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1210 PM EST TUE MAR 31 1998 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE AT ALLENTOWN... THE NOONTIME TEMPERATURE READING AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT READ 82 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD DAILY HIGH OF 80 DEGREES ESTABLISHED IN 1979. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE TEMPERATURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCH UP THROUGH THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE FINAL HIGH OF THE DAY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. WOODWORTH NNNN