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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1129 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008

...A MICROBURST WITH 65 TO 75 MPH WINDS DOWNED TREES IN MOUNT VERNON
NY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY AUGUST 15TH...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A
MICROBURST IMPACTED THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON IN SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER
COUNTY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY AUGUST 15TH.

WHILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...ALL THE
ASSOCIATED TREE DAMAGE WAS FACING FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH NO DAMAGE
PATTERNS INDICATIVE OF A TORNADO. THE MICROBURST BROUGHT DOWN LARGE
TREES...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ON PACKMAN AVENUE. BASED ON
THE DAMAGE...PEAK WINDS FROM THIS MICROBURST ARE ESTIMATED FROM 65
TO 75 MPH. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 71 MPH AT
CARDINAL SPELLMAN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NORTH BRONX...AND 65 MPH AT
GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MOUNT VERNON.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREATLY APPRECIATES THE COOPERATION OF
THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THE
MOUNT VERNON POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

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