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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
424 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR LOCK HAVEN IN CLINTON COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA...

LOCATION...LOCK HAVEN IN CLINTON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
DATE...MAY 15 2014
ESTIMATED TIME...7:03 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...AROUND 75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH... 1/3 MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.133 -77.431
ENDING LAT/LON...41.137 -77.428
* 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 OCCURRED NEAR LOCK HAVEN IN CLINTON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
ON MAY 15 2014.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE SOUTHERN MOST POINT OF RACE
STREET JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE WILLIAM T. PIPER MEMORIAL AIRPORT.
THE WEAK TORNADO PEALED BACK A PORTION OF A ROOF OF A
WAREHOUSE...AND PARTIALLY LIFTED THE ROOF...ALLOWING PORTIONS OF
AN EXTERIOR WALL TO COLLAPSE OUTWARD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED
NORTHWARD ALONG RACY STREET...TOPPLING A CHIMNEY...THEN LIFTING A
CARPORT AND THROWING IT 25 YARDS INTO ANOTHER HOUSE. THE TORNADO
TURNED TO THE NORTHEAST...CROSSED ROUTE 15O...THEN KNOCKED OVER
SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND SNAPPED A NUMBER OF LARGE LIMBS. THE
TORNADO DISSIPATED NEAR EAST WATER STREET BETWEEN RACE STREET AND
CLARK BARN ROAD. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF0 TORNADO...WITH
MAXIMUM WINDS AROUND 75 MPH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS.

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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