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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
236 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2011

...TORNADO CONFIRMED/ASHTABULA COUNTY...

LOCATION...PIERPONT
DATE...MAY 26 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...AROUND 4:35 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...AROUND 90 MPH
MAX PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT
TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN 
NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS OBSERVED JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 
STATE ROUTE 167 AND LEWIS ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD ALONG 
STATE ROUTE 167 BEFORE LIFTING JUST BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF STATE 
ROUTE 167 AND STATE ROUTE 7 IN THE CENTER OF PIERPONT. TEN 
STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED...MAINLY ROOFS AND SIDING. TWO FARM 
OUTBUILDINGS LOST ROOFS. EVIDENCE OF DOWNBURST WINDS WERE OBSERVED 
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO. 


...TORNADO CONFIRMED/CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...

LOCATION...WEST OF SPRINGBORO 
DATE...MAY 26 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...AROUND 4:40 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...AROUND 100 MPH
MAX PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT
TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN 
NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
TOUCHDOWN OF THE TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ARTMAN 
ROAD AND REEDS CORNER ROAD NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 198 AND JUST EAST OF 
THE OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA BOARDER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND 
LIFTED NEAR ANGLING ROAD NORTH OF SPRINGBORO. ALONG THE PATH THERE 
WERE TWO ARES OF DAMAGE NOTED INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF MULTIPLE 
VORITICIES. HOWEVER...ALONG THE PRIMARY DAMAGE PATH APPROXIMATELY 
TEN STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED...MAINLY TO ROOFS. ONE BUILDING HAD IT 
ROOF TORN OFF. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE PATH.

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