000 NOUS41 KALY 231659 PNSALY NYZ040-240500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1259 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS EF0 TORNADO IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... LOCATION...TOWN OF GLEN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NEW YORK. DATE...SEPTEMBER 22, 2011. ESTIMATED TIME...615 PM. MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH. ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS. PATH LENGTH...ABOUT 1 MILE. BEGINNING LAT/LON...NORTH 42.912778 WEST -74.303361 ENDING LAT/LON...NORTH 42.919472 WEST -74.292139 * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF GLEN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY DURING THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22. THE TORNADO DOWNED SOME SMALL HARDWOOD TREES AND BROKE OFF SOME LARGE BRANCHES. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF NOELTNER ROAD TO NEAR RIPLEY ROAD. THE PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AND THE PATH WIDTH APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS. THERE IS VIDEO AND PHOTO EVIDENCE CONFIRMING THE TORNADO. $$ BGM/SND $$