PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 210 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...LATE NIGHT TORNADO CONFIRMED IN YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... A STRONG F1 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MPH TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN DILLSBURG IN YORK COUNTY AND MECHANICSBURG IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 120 AM WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31. THE TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND MOSTLY SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF HOMES IN ITS PATH. TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED WHILE THE HOMES LOST SIDING AND SHINGLES. SPECIFICALLY...THE TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 117 AM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD ROUTE 15 AND CREEK ROAD JUST SOUTH OF ROSEGARDEN IN YORK COUNTY. THE TWISTER MOVED NORTH ACROSS YELLOW BREECHES CREEK INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY...THROUGH THE ASHCOMBE FARMS SOUTH DEVELOPMENT...THEN ENDED ALONG STUMPSTOWN ROAD ABOUT A HALF MILE WEST OF ROUTE 15 AT 122 AM. THE TORNADO PATH DAMAGE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS WITH A LENGTH OF TWO AND A HALF MILES. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS. THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAMED UP FOR A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGED AREA. WITNESSES TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED THE STORM AS IF IT WERE A FREIGHT TRAIN MOVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ****************************************************************** PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 445 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...STRONG TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ADAMS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... A STRONG F1 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF GETTYSBURG AND TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR HEILDERSBURG IN ADAMS COUNTY AROUND 1245 AM WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31. THE TORNADO DESTROYED SEVERAL BARNS AND SHEDS AND REMOVED SOME OUTBUILDING ROOFS. ADDITIONALLY THERE WAS TREE DAMAGE AND MOSTLY SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES IN ITS PATH. TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED WHILE SOME HOMES LOST SIDING AND SHINGLES. SPECIFICALLY...THE TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 1238 AM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HUNTERSTOWN AND SHEALER ROADS ABOUT A HALF MILE WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 15 AND 30. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INTERMITTENTLY AT LOCATIONS ALONG A SEVEN MILE PATH JUST TO THE EAST OF ROUTE 15 NEAR HUNTERSTOWN AND ENDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OXFORD ROAD AND ROUTE 234 NEAR HEILDERSBURG AT 1250 AM. THE TORNADO PATH DAMAGE WIDTH VARIED FROM 100 TO 300 YARDS AT LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS. THE ADAMS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAMED UP FOR A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGED AREA TODAY. WITNESSES TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED THE STORM AS HAVING THE CHARACTERISTIC NOISE OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN WHEN IT PASSED THROUGH. BUDD/GRUMM ****************************************************************** 000 NOUS41 KCTP 012100 PNSCTP PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-020900- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 500 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2005 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...TWO ADDITIONAL TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN ADAMS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FIRST TORNADO WAS AN F1 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 85 AND 95 MPH...AND WAS BETWEEN 100 AND 200 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO BEGAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 16 AND TRACT ROAD AROUND 1220 AM NEAR THE MARYLAND BORDER. THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS 3 MILES AND IT MOVED NORTHEAST...ENDING NEAR MIDDLE CREEK. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME BARNS. ALSO A HEAVY HORSE TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED. A FEW HOMES ALSO HAD SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS. THE SECOND TORNADO WAS ALSO AN F1 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 75 AND 85 MPH...AND WAS AROUND 50 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO BEGAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 30 AND CROOKED CREEK ROAD IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP AROUND 1240 AM. THIS TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS INTERMITTENT FOR 3 MILES AND IT MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH MUMMASBURG...ENDING NEAR CONEWAGO CREEK. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO CORN FIELDS...WITH JUST A FEW TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THERE WERE ALSO NO INJURIES OR DEATHS WITH THIS TORNADO. $$ JV/BL/BB ****************************************************************** 000 NOUS41 KCTP 012116 PNSCTP PAZ012-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-020930- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 516 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2005 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LYCOMING COUNTY... A SURVEY TEAM COMPOSED OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALONG WITH LYCOMING COUNTY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN LYCOMING COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BARBOURS VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF BARBOURS... ALONG ROUTE 87 ABOUT ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 87 AND DUNWOODY ROAD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST...AND LIFTED ON DUNWOODY ROAD NEAR THE BARBOURS MUNICIPAL BUILDING. THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE...WITH A PATH WIDTH OF ABOUT 100 YARDS. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 90 MPH...PUTTING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE F1 RANGE. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED MAINLY TO TREES...AS THE TORNADO TRAVELED THROUGH A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS EMBEDDED IN A LARGER SWATH OF SPORADIC STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE...THAT EXTENDED ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE TIADAGHTON STATE FOREST...TO THE EDGE OF THE STATE GAME LANDS NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF BARBOURS. FOR REFERENCE...THE FUJITA TORNADO CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: F0...WIND SPEEDS 40 TO 72 MPH. F1...WIND SPEEDS 73 TO 112 MPH. F2...WIND SPEEDS 113 TO 157 MPH. F3...WIND SPEEDS 158 TO 206 MPH. F4...WIND SPEEDS 207 TO 260 MPH. F5...WIND SPEEDS 261 TO 318 MPH. $$ JUNG