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078 NOUS45 KTFX 282325 PNSTFX MTZ008>015-044>055-301800- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Great Falls MT 500 PM MDT Fri Jun 28 2019 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/27/19 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW... NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THURSDAY JUNE 27 2019. AN NWS GREAT FALLS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED ONE BRIEF TORNADO NEAR MOCCASIN AND BENCHLAND MONTANA. DETAILS OF THE SURVEY ARE FOUND BELOW. .MOCCASIN/BENCHLAND TORNADO... EF SCALE RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75-85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JUNE 27...2019 START TIME: 5:10 PM MDT START LOCATION: 1 NE BENCHLAND / JUDITH BASIN COUNTY / MT START LAT/LON: 47.0837 / -110.005 END DATE: JUNE 27...2019 END TIME: 5:15 PM MDT END LOCATION: 5 NW MOCCASIN / JUDITH BASIN COUNTY / MT END LAT/LON: 47.0844 / -110.002 SURVEY SUMMARY: U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED TORNADO DAMAGE THAT INDICATED THAT THIS TORNADO WAS VERY WEAK AND BRIEF. THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO A SINGLE LOCATION WITH EF- 0 TORNADO DAMAGE AND ESTIMATED WINDS BETWEEN 75 AND 85 MPH. EF-0 DAMAGE OCCURRED IN A RURAL AREA WITH DAMAGE TO TREES...SMALL BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS. A SMALL BARN SLIGHTLY SLID OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND A GRAIN BIN WAS CRUSHED AND TOSSED INTO A FIELD NORTH OF ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION ABOUT 250 YARDS AWAY. AN OUTHOUSE WAS ALSO FOUND LIFTED FROM ITS FOUNDATION AND FLIPPED. A EAST FACING BARN DOOR WAS ALSO TOSSED WITH SOME METAL PIECES TWISTED TO A LOCATION ACROSS THE ROAD NORTH OF ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. TWISTED DEBRIS FROM A METAL ROOF PANEL WERE ALSO FOUND IN A FIELD NORTH OF WHERE THE TORNADO OCCURRED. SEVERAL PIECES OF SPLINTERED WOOD WERE ALSO FOUND SCATTERED ACROSS THE DAMAGE AREA. THE TORNADO WAS LIKELY ON THE GROUND VERY BRIEFLY...POSSIBLY NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES BEFORE IT LIFTED. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIED TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$