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

...WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED IN TIOGA COUNTY...

A SURVEY TEAM COMPOSED OF OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN STATE COLLEGE AND MEMBERS OF THE TIOGA COUNTY EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONFIRMED A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN 
TIOGA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HAMMOND DURING THE LATE MORNING OF 
JUNE 6TH.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF HAMMOND 
LAKE...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIOGA-HAMMOND DAM...OR ABOUT 1 
MILE NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HAMMOND...AT 1150 AM MONDAY JUNE 6TH. 
THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE FOR ABOUT 2 
MILES...CAUSING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE (ABOUT A DOZEN TREES DOWN). THE 
PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED OVER THE LAKE 
SOUTH OF THE DAM AT 1154 AM.

ADDITIONAL DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 3 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF THE TIOGA-HAMMOND DAM...IN A PATH ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE 
WIDE. THIS INCLUDED DOWNED TREES (SEVERAL DOZEN) IN ADDITION TO 
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STORAGE BUILDINGS.

THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...MAKING 
IT AN F0 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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ONDREJIK/JUNG