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983 NOUS41 KCTP 292008 PNSCTP PAZ006-300015- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 408 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HOMER TOWNSHIP IN POTTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... LOCATION...HOMER TOWNSHIP IN POTTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DATE...7/27/2013 ESTIMATED TIME...500 PM TO 506 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...41 40 34N / 77 59 14W ENDING LAT/LON...41 42 52N / 77 57 39W * 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 IN HOMER TOWNSHIP IN POTTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON JULY 27 2013. AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG BIG MOORES RUN ROAD IN HOMER TOWNSHIP. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHWARD ALONG BIG MOORES RUN ROAD...PRODUCING INTERMITTENT DAMAGE FOR A COUPLE OF MILES BEFORE MAKING A SLIGHT TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE LAST OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG FIRST FORK ROAD ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF AYERS HILL. OVERALL...AROUND 100 TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO AND TWO STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. 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. $$ JUNG/ROSS/EVANEGO