PNSALY
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-060500-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
337 PM EST TUE DEC 5 2006

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
IN RHINEBECK NY...

A STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY
NY ON DECEMBER 4 2006 IN RHINEBECK NY CONFIRMS THAT STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS STRUCK THE REGION ON FRIDAY EVENING...DECEMBER 1 2006...
APPROXIMATELY 625 TO 630 PM.  DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG A FOUR MILE LONG
BY 100 YARD PATH EXTENDING FROM THE VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK NORTHEAST
TO SEPASCO LAKE.  THE DAMAGE SWATH ROUGHLY PARALLELED ROUTE 308.
DAMAGE WAS CONFINED MAINLY TO FALLING TREES.  THERE WAS ESSENTIALLY
NO DAMAGE FROM THE WIND ALONE TO STRUCTURES.  HOWEVER...SOME
STRUCTURES SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM FALLING TREES.  MANY OF THE DOWNED
TREES WERE PINE...ALTHOUGH A FAIR NUMBER WERE HARDWOODS.  DAMAGE
OCCURRED IN THREE MAIN AREAS THE VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK...HARTER LANE
AREA...AND SEPASCO LAKE AREA.

BASED ON OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE...AND INTERVIEWS WITH EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND EYEWITNESSES...THE DAMAGE IS ATTRIBUTED TO
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.  WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 75-80 MPH.

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