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Summary of Tornadoes Surveys for the Summer of 2006
Survey on July 24, 2006
Small Tornado Confirmed in Luzerne County PA
On Saturday July 22, a tornado touched down on the northwest side
of Dallas PA in Luzerne County at around 12:15 PM EDT. A team from the
National Weather Service Binghamton Forecast Office surveyed the
damage and confirmed that the damage was produced by a
tornado. The team estimated the tornado to be at the high end of an
F-0 on the Fujita Damage Scale with winds up to 70 mph.
Damage was largely to trees which were uprooted and snapped.
Maybe as many as one hundred trees were damaged. There was minor
wind damage to homes such as flashing and siding being peeled, some
shingle damage to roofs, and damage to sheds. The hardest hit areas
were the neighborhoods of College Manor and Elmcrest. A construction
trailer was blown over and destroyed along Route 415. Additional
damage to property including a boat, cars and fencing that was
caused by falling trees. Pipes blowing from a construction site on
route 415 damaged a nearby business.
The pattern of damage was clearly convergent. The damage path was
about 1.5 miles long and averaged width of about 75 yards.
Survey on July 30, 2006
Small Tornado Confirmed in Western Onondaga County NY
On Saturday July 29, a tornado touched down in the village of
Marcellus New York at around 4 PM EDT. A representative from the
National Weather Service Binghamton Forecast Office surveyed the
area, and observed damage that was consistent with a
weak tornado. It was estimated that the tornado was an F-0 on the
Fujita Damage Scale with winds up to 70 mph.
Damage was largely to trees which were uprooted and snapped. A portion
of a tin roof on a residence was pulled off the building and flipped
to the other side. A definitive, convergent damage path was noted on
the east side of the village in the Orchard Street and Kinderwood Road
areas with scattered damage heading southeast out of town.
The estimated width of the tornado was about 75 yards. On Saturday
afternoon, an eyewitness observed a tornado pass just to the east of
Marcellus Park, and then track approximately 3 miles to the southeast
before going out of view. Additional storm damage was noted in the
vicinity of South Onondaga, where utility crews were repairing power
lines and poles on nichols road and hutchings road.
Survey on August 1, 2006
Small Tornado Confirmed in Oneida County NY
On Saturday July 29, a weak tornado touched down about 4 miles
north of Utica at 3:30 PM EDT. The tornado snapped or uprooted several
trees in a field near Morris Road in Marcy Township. Estimated wind
speeds with this F-0 on the
Fujita Damage Scale, were about 60 mph.
The damage pattern associated with this tornado indicated a
rotational wind pattern, as the majority of trees fell with a
northwesterly wind, however a few of the trees fell with a
westerly or southeasterly wind. A nearby witness described strong,
swirling winds, with rain falling into her house through her
window on one side of her house during the onset of the storm, and
through a window on the other side of her house toward the end of
the storm. The width of the tornado is estimated at 50 yards, and
the length is estimated at 200 yards.
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