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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri May 03 2002 - 20:51:18 EDT

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

...RISING SUN MARYLAND TORNADO RATED AS F2 WITH WINDS OF 150 MPH...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAM...IN CONJUNCTION WITH CECIL COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...CONDUCTED A GROUND SURVEY OF TORNADO DAMAGE
IN CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND. THE TORNADO WAS RATED F2 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE...WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 150 MPH. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS
4.5 MILES LONG...AND STARTED ROUGHLY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RISING SUN
MARYLAND. ONCE ON THE GROUND...THE TORNADO MOVED IN AN
EAST-NORTHEAST DIRECTION. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS MEASURED AT 160
YARDS. TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS AT 538 PM EDT ON THURSDAY MAY 2ND
...AND THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR SEVEN MINUTES.

DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH WAS NEARLY CONTINUOUS...MAINLY AT THE F0 AND
F1 INTENSITY LEVEL...EXCEPT FOR THE LAST HALF MILE...WHEN IT BECAME
MORE INTERMITTENT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...AT THE F2
INTENSITY LEVEL...OCCURRED IN TWO LOCATIONS. MAJOR DAMAGE...
CONSISTENT WITH AN F2 TORNADO...OCCURRED TO ONE HOUSE ALONG
STEEPLECHASE LANE NORTH OF ZION MD. SEVERE TREE DAMAGE...AGAIN
CONSISTENT WITH AN F2 TORNADO...OCCURRED NORTH OF OLD ELM ROAD AND
WEST OF BLUE BALL ROAD. A NEW HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA
SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE...WITH A COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF THE SECOND
FLOOR. NO FATALITIES AND NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM
THIS TORNADO.

THIS IS THE FIRST F2 TORNADO IN CECIL COUNTY MD SINCE MAY 15TH
1981.

SZATKOWSKI/MIKETTA

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