ABUS34 KCTP 241824
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
225 PM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

...THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN WARREN COUNTY...

THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORMS RACED EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS CAUSING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IN WARREN COUNTY. 
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY WARREN COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT CONCERNING DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS THAT PASSED THROUGH
THE COUNTY AROUND 1020 AM THIS MORNING...

THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS IN THE LOTTSVILLE AREA OF FREEHOLD
TOWNSHIP.  A NUMBER OF ROOFS WERE DAMAGED IN LOTTSVILLE AND AT
LEAST 7 HOMES HAD MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE CAUSED BY FALLEN TREES. 
GRAIN TRAILERS WERE TOPPLED...AND SIDING WAS STRIPPED FROM A
GROCERY STORE.  A LIGHTNING STRIKE RUPTURED GAS LINES CAUSING A
FIRE IN A SMALL SHED.

ROUTE 958 NEAR LOTTSVILLE WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR DUE TO
DOWNED TREES.  TREES WERE ALSO DOWN ON SHERMAN HILL ROAD AND ON
ROUTE 337 IN PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.  ANOTHER TREE CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE
TO A HOME ON FARM LANE.

A SHELTER IS BEING OPENED AT THE FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP BUILDING.

DUNHAM



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ABUS34 KCTP 251745
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
145 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE FOUND IN WARREN AND ELK COUNTIES...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM TOURED DAMAGE CAUSED BY 
THE STRONG SQUALL LINE THAT WENT THROUGH THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 
EARLY MONDAY. THEY DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS CAUSED 
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OVER WARREN COUNTY WHERE SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES 
WERE DOWNED BY MICROBURSTS OF BETWEEN F0 AND F1 STRENGTH (WINDS AS 
HIGH AS 112 MPH).

THE DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR COLUMBUS...EASTWARD ALL THE WAY TO 
SUGAR GROVE. THE HARDEST HIT AREA WAS ALONG RTE 957 FROM ABOUT 
BAILEY ROAD TO IN AND AROUND LOTTSVILLE WHERE EXTENSIVE TREE AND 
PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE TREES ALSO DOWNED SEVERAL POWER 
LINES CAUSING INTERRUPTIONS OF ELECTRICAL SERVICE.

THE TREES FELL PRIMARILY FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST INDICATING THAT 
STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUALL LINE CAUSED 
THE DAMAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FOUND.

...IN ADDITION...

OVER FAR SOUTHERN ELK COUNTY...STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF F0 INTENSITY 
(40-72 MPH) FELLED TREES ALONG RTE 21 IN THE VICINITY OF BROCKPORT.

LA CORTE/GRUMM







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