CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082> 084-VTZ013>015-181000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 507 PM EST WED NOV 17 2010 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN TOWN OF GHENT COLUMBIA COUNTY NY... ...DOWNBURST CONFIRMED IN CLAVERACK COLUMBIA COUNTY NY... LOCATION...TOWN OF GHENT...COLUMBIA COUNTY NY DATE...NOVEMBER 17 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...518 AM EST MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...95 MPH ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS PATH LENGTH...2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.26607/-73.66430 ENDING LAT/LON...42.29003/-73.64724 *FATALITIES...0 *INJURIES...0 *NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT ...SUMMARY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN TOWN OF GHENT. ALTHOUGH PATH LENGTH IS TWO MILES...DAMAGE WAS INTERMITTENT A LONG THE LINE. MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT INTERSECTION OF SOLLER HEIGHTS ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 9. DAMAGE WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO DOWNED TREES...ALTHOUGH SOME DAMAGE TO SHINGLES AND SIDING WERE NOTED. LOCATION...CLAVERACK...COLUMBIA COUNTY NY DATE...NOVEMBER 17 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...510 AM EST MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...N/A ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...N/A PATH LENGTH...N/A BEGINNING LAT/LON...N/A ENDING LAT/LON...N/A *FATALITIES...0 *INJURIES...0 *NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT ...SUMMARY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED A DOWNBURST IN CLAVERACK. DAMAGE WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO DOWNED TREES. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 85 MPH. $$