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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
601 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LYCOMING COUNTY...

A SURVEY TEAM COMPOSED OF OFFICIALS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE AND MEMBERS OF THE LYCOMING COUNTY 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONFIRMED THAT A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED 
DOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF 
HUNTERSVILLE...DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF JUNE 6TH.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ROUTE 864 BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF 
FAIRFIELD CENTER AND HUNTERSVILLE AT 1255 PM MONDAY JUNE 6TH. THE 
TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST ALONG ROUTE 864 FOR ABOUT ONE AND A HALF 
MILES CAUSING TREE DAMAGE (ABOUT 30-40 TREES DOWN). THE PATH WIDTH 
WAS 50 TO 75 YARDS. THE TORNADO LASTED JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES 
BEFORE DISSIPATING.

THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN WINDS OF 80 MPH...MAKING IT AN 
F1 ON THE FUJITA TORNADO SCALE. FOR REFERENCE...THE FUJITA SCALE 
CLASSIFIES TORNADOES AS FOLLOWS:

F0 - WIND SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 73 MPH
F1 - WIND SPEEDS OF 73-112 MPH
F2 - WIND SPEEDS OF 113-157 MPH
F3 - WIND SPEEDS OF 158-206 MPH
F4 - WIND SPEEDS OF 207-260 MPH
F5 - WIND SPEEDS OF 261-318 MPH
 
THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS.

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