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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
159 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2009

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR UNIONVILLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK...

LOCATION...UNIONVILLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK
DATE...JULY 29 2009
ESTIMATED TIME...3:05 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1 MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.29/74.57
ENDING LAT/LON...41.30/74.56
FATALITIES...0
INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY OFFICE
AND THE ORANGE COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS CONFIRMED
A TORNADO NEAR UNIONVILLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK ON JULY 29
2009.

BASED ON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWING STRONG LOW LEVEL
ROTATION...PHOTOGRAPHS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDING MORE THAN TWO
THIRDS TOWARD THE SURFACE AS IT APPROACHED UNIONVILLE AND THE WIND
DAMAGE SURVEY PERFORMED BY THE MOUNT HOLLY OFFICE WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF ORANGE COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...A
TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN UNIONVILLE. MANY TREES AND LARGE TREE
BRANCHES FELL ACROSS STREETS INCLUDING HOUSES AND CARS.

THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED
AN EF2 TORNADO IN WANTAGE NEW JERSEY JUST MINUTES EARLIER DURING
THE AFTERNOON ON JULY 29TH.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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