ABUS34 KCTP 191935
PNSCTP
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
230 PM EST TUE JAN 19 1999

...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN CAMBRIA COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THE STRUCTURAL 
DAMAGE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT CAMBRIA...CAUSED BY MONDAY 
AFTERNOON'S SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WAS THE RESULT OF DOWNBURST WINDS.

WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 60 TO 70 MPH...WHERE A TREE WAS BLOWN 
DOWN...AND SHINGLES WERE REMOVED FROM A HOUSE 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
THE TOWN OF COLVER AROUND 110 PM.

WINDS OF SIMILAR STRENGTH BLEW A ROOF FROM A MOBILE HOME 2 MILES 
SOUTH OF CAROLLTOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 110 PM. NO OTHER STRUCTURES OR 
TREES WITHIN THE MOBILE HOME PARK SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THIS SINGLE CASE 
OF DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO AN INADEQUATELY SECURED ROOF ON 
THE HOME.

SHORTLY BEFORE THE LINE OF STORMS CAUSED THE ABOVE DAMAGE...A PUBLIC 
SIGHTING OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR THE GALLERIA MALL IN 
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS BEING GATHERED BY THE NWS TEAM FROM DAMAGE 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME LINE OF STORMS BETWEEN BEDFORD AND EVERETT.

ANOTHER STATEMENT INCLUDING NEW SURVEY FINDINGS WILL BE ISSUED LATER 
THIS AFTERNOON.  

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ABUS34 KPHL 192025
PNSPHL
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-
DEZALL-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-201000-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
325 PM EST TUE JAN 19 1999

...UPDATE ON WIND DAMAGE FROM MONDAY JANUARY 18 1999...

ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF 'POSSIBLE' TORNADOES WERE REPORTED TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON MONDAY JANUARY 18TH...THE VAST MAJORITY 
OF THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.  ONE WEAK F0 
TORNADO WAS IDENTIFIED IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA. AN UPDATED LOCAL STORM 
REPORT WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TORNADO HAS BEEN ISSUED (UNDER 
NWWS IDENTIFIER PHLLSRPHL AND WMO IDENTIFIER WWUS30 KPHL).  THE 
UPDATED STORM REPORT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. 

A REVIEW OF OTHER STORM DAMAGE DETAILS WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AS WELL AS A REVIEW OF NWS DOPPLER RADAR DATA 
INDICATES THAT THE REMAINING DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT-LINE 
WINDS.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL REVIEW ANY ADDITIONAL 
INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE...AND WILL UPDATE THE LOCAL 
STORM REPORT FOR THIS EVENT AS NECESSARY.

SZATKOWSKI

 








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ABUS34 KCTP 192057
PNSCTP
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
355 PM EST TUE JAN 19 1999

...WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BEDFORD COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THE STRUCTURAL 
DAMAGE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT BEDFORD...CAUSED BY MONDAY 
AFTERNOON'S SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WAS THE RESULT OF AN F0 (WEAK) 
TORNADO.

WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED TO AROUND 70 MPH...WHERE NUMEROUS TREES  
WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BEDFORD...AND SHINGLES WERE REMOVED 
FROM 2 HOUSES AROUND 122 PM.

EVIDENCE OF CIRCULATION WAS NOTED IN THE DEBRIS AROUND THE AREA.
THE PATH WAS 2 MILES LONG AND 20 YARDS WIDE WITH INTERMITTENT DAMAGE.

2 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF FROM A OIL CHANGE 
GARAGE...AND FRONT DOORS WERE PUSHED IN.

EYEWITNESSES AT NEARBY PAINT STORE DESCRIBED THE ROTATING CLOUD AS A 
TORNADO.

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WWUS30 KNYC 191650
LSRNYC

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK, NY
1149 AM EST TUE JAN 19 1999


A STRONG MICROBURST OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF BRIDGEHAMPTON ON THE 
EAST END OF LONG ISLAND MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 7:30 PM.  TWO LINES OF 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS LONG ISLAND DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  
UPPER LEVEL WINDS WERE VERY STRONG AND MOST OF THE STORMS WERE 
ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE ISLAND MAINLY IN 
ASSOCIATION WITH THE SECOND LINE OF STORMS.

IN BRIDGEHAMPTON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MECOX ROAD AND HORSEMILL 
LANE A MICROBURST OCCURRED WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 80 TO 90 MPH.  
THIS MICROBURST EXPLODED A GREENHOUSE AND SCATTERED THE DEBRIS ABOUT 
200 YARDS TO THE NORTH.  IN ADDITION, A LARGE TREE, TOTALLY 
LEAFLESS, WAS UPROOTED RIGHT NEAR THE GREENHOUSE AND SEVERAL LARGE 
TREES AND LIMBS WERE BLOWN OVER IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY ALL 
FALLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

FURTHER NORTH IN THE TOWN OF BRIDGEHAMPTON NEAR THE BRIDGEHAMPTON 
GOLF CLUB, OTHER LARGE TREES WERE TOPPLED BY STRONG WINDS AS THE 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH.  THESE WERE IN LINE WITH THE MICROBURST 
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH BUT WIND SPEEDS HERE WERE ESTIMATED IN THE 50 
TO 60 MPH RANGE.  STILL FURTHER NORTH ON LUMBER LANE A NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED A GUST TO 59 MPH 
DURING THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

MEW





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