ABUS34 KCTP 191718
PNSCTP
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
120 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2000
...SMALL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN LANCASTER COUNTY DURING THE
EVENING OF
SUNDAY JUNE 18...
LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OFFICIALS
CONFIRMED THE
OCCURRENCE OF A SMALL TORNADO NEAR GORDONVILLE IN EASTERN
LANCASTER
COUNTY FROM 745 PM TO 750 PM ON SUNDAY JUNE 18.
THE TORNADO BEGAN AS A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR BIRD-IN-HAND AS
DESCRIBED
BY EYEWITNESSES. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INTERMITTENTLY
FOR ABOUT
A QUARTER MILE IN FIELDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LEACOCK
AND EAST
GORDAN ROAD TRAVELLING EAST. ALTHOUGH THE NARROW FUNNEL
WAS
DETERMINED TO ONLY BE SEVERAL FEET WIDE...THERE WAS
VEGETATION
DAMAGE UP TO 10 YARDS WIDE IN PLACES. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS
ONLY A
LITTLE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SMALL TORNADO...SEVERAL
TREES WERE
KNOCKED DOWN...A WAGON WAS OVERTURNED AND SMALL PIECE OF
ROOFING WAS
DISPLACED.
WIND SPEEDS IN THE DAMAGE PATH WERE ESTIMATED TO BE UP TO
65 TO 70
MPH OR F0 ON THE FUJITA TORNADO DAMAGE SCALE. THE SMALL
TORNADO WAS
OBSERVED AGAIN AS A FUNNEL CLOUD BY EYEWITNESSES FROM THE
GAP AREA
AS IT RETREATED SKYWARD.
$$
BUDD
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Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org
Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org
"A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather
modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 ||
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