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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
635 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR WOOLWICH IN SAGADAHOC COUNTY MAINE...

LOCATION...WOOLWICH IN SAGADAHOC COUNTY MAINE
DATE...JULY 24 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...7:30 PM 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...50 TO 60 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...20 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.2 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...43.9889N/69.7671W
ENDING LAT/LON...43.9881N/69.7630W
* 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 GRAY ME HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO
NEAR WOOLWICH IN SAGADAHOC COUNTY MAINE ON JULY 24 2012.

THE TORNADO WAS OBSERVED TO TOUCH DOWN NEAR JAKES RUN IN WOOLWICH
ABOUT 7:30 PM TUESDAY EVENING AND PRODUCED MINIMAL DAMAGE FROM JAKES RUN 
TO TROTT ROAD. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO A FEW UPROOTED TREES AND SEVERAL
WIND-BLOWN OBJECTS INCLUDING A TRAMPOLINE, CHILDRENS TOYS, AND LAWN
FURNITURE.

THIS IS THE FIRST CONFIRMED TORNADO IN MAINE FOR 2012. 


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

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 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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