NOUS41 KCTP 051647 PNSCTP PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-060200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1245 PM EDT WED SEP 05 2001 ...F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN UNION AND NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES ON SEPTEMBER 4TH... A SURVEY OF TORNADO DAMAGE IN UNION AND NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES WAS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY. AT 155 PM ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 2001...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN KELLY TOWNSHIP...2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEWISBURG. THE TORNADO TRAVELED SOUTHEAST CROSSING THE WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER INTO NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE TORNADO LEFT A DAMAGE PATH ABOUT 2.5 MILES IN LENGTH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON COLONEL JOHN KELLY ROAD IN KELLY TOWNSHIP. THE TORNADO CROSSED ROUTE 15 AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 300 YARDS INTO NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY...LIFTING UP JUST EAST OF ROUTE 405. THE TORNADO WAS MAINLY 150 TO 200 YARDS WIDE...BUT THE MAXIMUM WIDTH REACHED ONE QUARTER MILE. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES SAW THE TORNATIC CIRCULATION AND EVIDENCE IN CROP DAMAGE SUPPORTS THE TORNADO CLASSIFICATION. THIRTEEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF BY THE TORNADO. THE KELLY TOWNSHIP BUILDING IN UNION COUNTY WAS DESTROYED. A TOTAL OF 75 TO 100 TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY THE TORNADO. ADDITIONALLY...NICKEL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED IN KELLY TOWNSHIP...AND ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF MONTANDON. ABOUT THREE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER IN KELLY TOWNSHIP. THE TORNADO HAD AN ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 80 MPH AND CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A WEAK F1 TORNADO ON THE FUJITA SCALE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS. $$ ONDREJIK/ROGOWSKI/JUNG
NWUS51 KPHI 051556 LSRPHI PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY, NJ 1155 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2001 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0330 PM READING PA 59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST 09/04/01 BERKS G51 KT REPORTED AT RDG 0340 PM READING PA WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 BERKS MANY TREES DOWN OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 0400 PM BELVIDERE NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 WARREN TREES DOWN. 0500 PM WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 DELAWARE PA MANY POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. 0505 PM RARITAN TWP NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 HUNTERDON POWER LINES...TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND TREES DOWN. 0510 PM N. COVENTRY TWP PA WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 CHESTER LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON WIRES. 0520 PM HILLSBORO TWP NJ .75 INCH HAIL 09/04/01 SOMERSET 0525 PM MONTGOMERY TWP NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 SOMERSET 2 PLANES FLIPPED AT PRINCETON ARPT. WIRES AND TREES DOWN... ONE TREE FELL ON CAR. 0530 PM WEST BRANDYWINE TWP PA 1.00 INCH HAIL 09/04/01 CHESTER 0530 PM ELK TWP NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 GLOUCESTER TREES AND WIRES DOWN. ALSO REPORTED IN MANTUA AND MONROE TWPS. 0535 PM PRINCETON NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 MERCER LARGE LIMBS AND A COUPLE OF LARGE TREES DOWN. 0545 PM PLAINSBORO PA WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 MIDDLESEX MANY TREES DOWN...UP TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. 0600 PM UPPER FREEHOLD TWP NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 MONMOUTH A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN. 0610 PM NEWARK DE WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 NEW CASTLE POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. 0650 PM BERKELEY TWP NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 OCEAN POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. 0700 PM NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 SALEM TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. 0715 PM BRIDGETON NJ WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 CUMBERLAND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. 0910 PM DE WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 KENT SCATTERED TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY. AMC/JAQ
NWUS51 KCTP 042222 CCA LSRCTP PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA ISSUED BY NWS BINGHAMTON 615 PM EDT TUE SEP 04 2001 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0200 PM 2 N LEWISBURG PA WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 UNION TREES AND WIRES DOWN ROOF TORN OFF OF BUILDING 0205 PM 2 S MILTON PA WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 NORTHUMBERLAND TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON ROUTE 405 0327 PM CRESSONA PA WIND DAMAGE 09/04/01 SCHUYLKILL TWO TREES DOWN
