NOUS41 KCTP 252120
PNSCTP
PAZ056>059-063>066-260300-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
515 PM EDT TUE SEP 25 2001
...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHWEST YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DURING
THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 24TH...
A SURVEY OF THE SEPTEMBER 24TH TORNADO DAMAGE IN SOUTHWEST YORK
COUNTY SOUTH OF HANOVER WAS CONDUCTED TODAY BY YORK COUNTY EMERGENCY
AGENCY OFFICIALS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY.
THE TORNADO APPEARED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR GRAND VALLEY ROAD
AROUND 633 PM EDT IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF YORK COUNTY AND
PROCEEDED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH PARKVILLE THEN LIFTING TO THE
NORTH OF BLOOMING GROVE ABOUT 640 PM. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WAS
ABOUT 5 MILES IN LENGTH BUT NOT ALWAYS ON THE GROUND WHILE THE WIDTH
VARIED FROM 50 TO 200 YARDS. THE TOP WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT
110 TO 120 MPH WHICH PUTS THE TORNADO STRENGTH IN THE STRONG F1 OR
WEAK F2 FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFICATION. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES ALONG THE
PATH IDENTIFIED THE STORM AS A TORNADO. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO
DEATHS OR INJURIES WITH THIS TORNADO.
SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF DAMAGE REPORTED INCLUDED:
* EIGHT HOMES JUST SOUTH OF PARKVILLE WITH ROOFS COMPLETELY TORN OFF,
* BRICK AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL ADDITIONAL HOMES,
* 50 TO 75 TREES KNOCKED DOWN ALONG THE PATH,
* 38 CARS DAMAGED WITH A COLLAPSED WALL AT A CAR DEALERSHIP NEAR
PARKVILLE WITH A ABOUT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF ESTIMATED DAMAGE,
* WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE WITH SUBSEQUENT
WATER DAMAGE AT SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING IN PARKVILLE, ALSO DAMAGE TO A CLASSROOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL,
* SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A STORE COMPLEX NORTHWEST OF
BLOOMING GROVE.
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BUDD/JUNG
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