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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
243 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2010
 
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN
DUTCHESS COUNTY NEW YORK...
 
LOCATION...POUGHKEEPSIE, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
DATE...AUGUST 16 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...306-316 PM
MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...N/A
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...1/2 MILE
PATH LENGTH...5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.66N/73.93W
ENDING LAT/LON...41.66N/73.83W
*FATALITIES...NONE
*INJURIES...NONE
*NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT
 
...SUMMARY...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE ON AUGUST 16 IN AND NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK
WAS CONSISTENT WITH A SERIES OF MICROBURSTS. THE INTERMITTENT DAMAGE
EXTENDED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 9 AND SPACKENKILL ROAD IN
POUGHKEEPSIE ROUGHLY DUE EAST FOR FIVE MILES TO NEAR OLD SMITH ROAD
IN LAGRANGE NEW YORK. DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN RED OAK MILLS NEW
YORK.
 
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE
9 AND SPACKENKILL ROAD IN POUGHKEEPSIE EAST FOR ONE MILE ALONG
SPACKENKILL ROAD. THE PATH WIDTH REACHED ITS MAXIMUM OF ONE HALF
MILE IN THIS ZONE. NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. DIRECT DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY CONFINED TO
TREES. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS BASED ON TREE DAMAGE WERE ESTIMATED AT
100 MPH.
 
TO THE EAST OF THIS REGION DAMAGE BECAME SPOTTY...SUGGESTING
MICROBURSTS RATHER THAN ONE PROLONGED MACROBURST. AGAIN...DAMAGE WAS
PRIMARILY CONFINED TO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. THE PATH OF DAMAGE
FINALLY ENDED NEAR OLD SMITH ROAD IN LAGRANGE NEW YORK.
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