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818 NOUS41 KCTP 290012 AAA PNSCTP PAZ065-290415- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 812 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ROUNDTOP SKI RESORT IN YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... LOCATION...ROUNDTOP SKI RESORT IN YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DATE...4/28/11 ESTIMATED TIME...0610 AM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...130 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.1062N/-76.9265W ENDING LAT/LON...40.1411N/-76.9071W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR ROUNDTOP SKI RESORT IN YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON 4/28/11. THIS INFORMATION IS AN UPDATE TO A PREVIOUS PNS TO UPGRADE THE TORNADO CONFIRMED AT ROUND TOP SKI RESORT TO EF2 DAMAGE. A TORNADO EF1/EF2 TOUCH-DOWNED ON THE SLOPES OF SKI ROUNDTOP NEAR THE MAIN LIFT. THE TORNADO WENT DOWN THE SLOPE AND DOWN THE PARKING LOT AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND TORE SHINGLES OFF THE ROOF AND BROKE GLASS AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS HAD DAMAGE AND DESTROYED ONE OUT BUILDING. TOOK DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND HAD A MAX WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. IT CROSSED ROUNDTOP ROAD AND THEN WENT UP A HILL AND TOOK DOWN 70 TO 80 PERCENT OF THE TREES ON THE TOP OF THE HILL AND TWISTED AND COLLAPSED A HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION WIRE TOWER. THE TORNADO WENT DOWN THE HILL SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES. ONE TREE FELL ONTO A HOUSE ALONG MOORES MOUNTAIN ROAD DESTROYING ONE QUARTER OF THE HOUSE. IT WENT DOWN THE HILL ALONG MOORES MOUNTAIN ROAD, SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES AND TAKING DOWN POWER LINES DOWN TO SIDDONSBURG ROAD. THERE WERE A FEW TREES DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. PAST SIDDONSBURG ROAD THERE WAS A LITTLE DAMAGE DOWN 100 YARDS PAST THE ROAD WHERE THE TORNADO PATH ENDED. 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. $$ CERU/EVANEGO