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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
540 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2004

...TORNADOES OCCURRED IN ST LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW YORK ON JUNE 9TH...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AERIAL SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE IN 
SOUTHWESTERN ST LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW YORK CONFIRMS THE TOUCHDOWN OF 
TWO WEAK TORNADOES.  THE TORNADOES OCCURRED WITHIN SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED MANY AREAS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND 
VERMONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON OAK ISLAND IN CHIPPEWA BAY OF THE 
ST LAWRENCE RIVER AT APPROXIMATELY 415 PM AND MOVED ASHORE AND 
SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR ROUTE 37. SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AND 
THE ROOF OF ONE BUILDING WAS DROPPED INTO THE RIVER.  40 TO 60 
TREES FELL ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH WHICH WAS 3 MILES LONG AND TWO 
TENTHS MILE WIDE. 

THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
GOUVERNEUR AT APPROXIMATELY 440PM NEAR ROUTE 58.  ROOF DAMAGE 
OCCURRED AND ABOUT 10 LARGE TREES FELL ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH WHICH 
WAS ABOUT 900 FEET LONG AND 300 FEET WIDE.  THE PUBLIC OBSERVED A 
TORNADIC CLOUD FORMATION AT THIS LOCATION.

BOTH TORNADOES WERE CLASSIFIED AS F0 TORNADOES...WHICH PRODUCE 
WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH.

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