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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
305 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008

...A MICROBURST WITH AROUND 90 MPH WINDS DOWNED TREES IN HARRINGTON
PARK NEW JERSEY THIS MORNING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ALONG WITH BERGEN COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SKYWARN OFFICIALS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A
MICROBURST IMPACTED THE TOWN OF HARRINGTON PARK IN BERGEN COUNTY
AROUND 640 AM AUGUST 6TH.

SITE SURVEYS WERE PERFORMED BY BERGEN COUNTY AND SKYWARN OFFICIALS.
THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS...DOCUMENTATION AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
CONFIRMED THAT A MICROBURST OCCURRED ALONG A WEST TO EAST RUNNING
PATH ONE-QUARTER MILE LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE. THIS PATH WAS ROUGHLY
FROM 11 HARRIOT AVENUE...WHERE IT APPEARS THE MICROBURST MADE FIRST
CONTACT WITH THE GROUND...TO THE WESTERN BORDER OF THE TOWN.

THE MICROBURST BROUGHT DOWN MULTIPLE LARGE TREE BRANCHES...AND A FEW
LARGE TREES...CAUSING DAMAGE TO 5 TO 10 HOUSES AND SOME PARKED CARS.
BASED ON THE DAMAGE...PEAK WINDS FROM THIS MICROBURST ARE ESTIMATED
AT AROUND 90 MPH.

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