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081 NOUS41 KCTP 271913 PNSCTP PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-272315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 313 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR COUDERSPORT IN POTTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... LOCATION...COUDERSPORT IN POTTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DATE...7/26/2012 ESTIMATED TIME...1515 EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS PATH LENGTH...400 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.7911N / 78.0112W ENDING LAT/LON...41.7917N / 78.0044W * 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 STATE COLLEGE PA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR COUDERSPORT IN POTTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON 7/26/2012. A TORNADO OCCURRED NORTHEAST OF COUDERSPORT PA ON JULY 26 2012 IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE PATH OF THE EF0 TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS WIDE AND ONE QUARTER MILE LONG. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO TREES WITH NO DAMAGE TO HOUSES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE...NOT RELATED TO THE TORNADO...WAS REPORTED COUNTY-WIDE IN THE OVERALL PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/CTP. 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. $$