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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.

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