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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
529 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ALONG WITH A MEMBER OF THE
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION HAVE CONFIRMED THAT AN EF0
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN THE TOWN OF NEWBURGH AROUND 615 PM
JUNE 16TH. ANALYSIS OF RADAR DATA AMD INTERVIEWS WITH EYEWITNESSES
LEAD TO A DETERMINATION THAT THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN THREE TIMES
ALONG A MILE AND A HALF LONG PATH...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM THE
400 BLOCK OF SOUTH PLANK ROAD TO PARK AVENUE BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD
STREETS TO THE 400 BLOCK OF SOUTH PLANK ROAD. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO
A PATH-WIDTH OF UP TO 100 YARDS AT THE LOCATION OF TOUCHDOWN.

THE TORNADO BROUGHT DOWN MULTIPLE LARGE TREE BRANCHES...AND A FEW
LARGE TREES. IN ADDITION...IT CAUSED A WALL TO COLLAPSE AT RICKS
AUTOMOTIVE ON SOUTH PLANK ROAD...CAUSING THE ROOF TO COLLAPSE. THIS
DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF AN EF-0 TORNADO ON THE ENHANCED
FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS FROM 65 TO 85 MPH.

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