ABUS34 KCTP 022244
PNSCTP
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
545 PM EST THU APR 02 1998

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED THAT A TORNADO OCCURRED
IN MONTOUR COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED THAT A WEAK TORNADO STRUCK
NORTHERN MONTOUR COUNTY AROUND 1240 PM WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST.  THE
TORNADO WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN F0...WITH WINDS UP TO 72 MPH.

THE DAMAGE BEGAN JUST NORTH OF THE ROUTE 44 AND 54 
INTERSECTION IN ANTHONY TOWNSHIP.  THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED ACROSS A
TWO MILE LONG PATH AND WAS UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE.  THE
TORNADO MOVED EAST...PARALLEL TO AND JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 44.

SEVERAL FARMS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BARNS AND FARM EQUIPMENT.  THREE
SMALL BARNS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  A HOUSE WAS UNROOFED AND
ANOTHER BARN LOST PART OF ITS ROOF.

DEBRIS FROM HOUSES AND BARNS WAS STREWN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FROM
THEIR POINTS OF ORIGIN...WITH SOME SIDING AND SHEET METAL COMING TO
REST IN THE TOPS OF TREES.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED FROM
THIS STORM.

OSTUNO


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