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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MONTGOMERY AND SCHENECTADY COUNTIES...

LOCATION...FROM ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANESVILLE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY...TO THE TOWN OF GLENVILLE IN SCHENECTADY COUNTY...

DATE...SEPTEMBER 4, 2011.

ESTIMATED TIME...520 PM TO 535 PM.

MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...EF1.

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...UP TO 110 MPH.

ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...UP TO HALF A MILE.

PATH LENGTH...7 MILES.

BEGINNING LAT/LON...NORTH 42.8982 WEST -74.1678

ENDING LAT/LON...NORTH 42.9484 WEST -74.0484

* 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...
SUNDAY AFTERNOON A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF FLORIDA
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. IT MOVED NORTHEAST TO THE WESTERN END OF
GLENVILLE IN SCHENECTADY COUNTY. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY
HALF A MILE WIDE AND ABOUT 7 MILES LONG. DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE
ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH LENGTH...WITH THE WORST DAMAGE IN THE TOWN
OF CRANESVILLE. DAMAGE INCLUDED NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OFF AND
UPROOTED...BROKEN WINDOWS TO HOMES...SHINGLES STRIPPED OFF ROOF
TOPS...AND SOME HOUSES HAD PARTS OF THEIR ROOFS TORN OFF. NUMEROUS
SHEDS AND OUT BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED.

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