Geeze, saw this in the LSRs yesterday evening, missed it for the first 24
hours.... whodda thunk it in PA in late Nov. Would be interesting to see
some archived data from the time just to see what the conditions were...
Bud Younke
Systems Administrator
Computer Learning Network - Altoona, PA
byounke{at}clntraining.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Ferrell (CASI) [mailto:j{at}weatherwatchers.org]
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 12:23 PM
> To: CASISR
> Subject: [CASI-SR] PA Tornado!
>
>
> Message: 19
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:17:48 -0600
> From: "Tom Fistere" <tbfistere{at}yahoo.com>
> Subject: Pennsylvania Tornado Friday night
>
> Just a little reminder that summer severe weather season has not ended
> yet:
> Tornado Hurts 10 in Pennsylvania
>
> HONEY BROOK, Pa. (AP) - An unusual November tornado ripped
> apart homes,
> toppled trees and injured at least 10 people in eastern Pennsylvania.
>
> Some 1,800 customers still had no electricity today, Chester County
> emergency officials said.
>
> ``One house up the street is completely down. Two other
> houses are badly
> damaged,'' said Anne Jackson. ``There are washers across the street,
> clothes all over the place.''
>
> The National Weather Service confirmed today that a weak
> tornado touched
> down Friday as bands of heavy rain rolled across eastern
> Pennsylvania.
>
> ``Most of the time in November we will get a good squall line, but for
> us to get a tornado from one is pretty rare,'' said meteorologist Bill
> Goodman in Mount Holly, N.J.
>
> The twister struck about 6 p.m. Friday.
>
> ``I was at work at the Honey Brook Restaurant, and I looked out the
> window and just saw trees coming up out of the ground. I came
> home, and
> my roof is gone,'' said Michelle Andrewick.
>
> About 25 homes were damaged, with the second story torn off one house,
> and heavy damage was reported at Zook Molasses Co.
>
> The injuries were minor. About 30 people had to be evacuated
> because of
> gas leaks, authorities said.
>
>
>
>
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