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From: Kevin Lowrie (plungerboy38{at}hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 13 2002 - 21:33:56 EST
19 injuries and 1 fatility in Mercer Co. PA Sunday November 10, 2002 from F2
tornado. Rough weather in Western Pennsylvania that night. Monca
Meteorology Base, my station in Beaver Co. PA, received .62 inches of rain,
quarter sized hail and winds up to 50 MPH. Along with that the rain went
horizontal. Several small trees blew down as well. Read about Mercer
below!!!!
Kevin Lowrie
plungerboy38{at}hotmail.com
BE-214
KPIT
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT.....AMENDED......
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
525 PM EST MON NOV 11 2002
...F2 TORNADO HITS MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...
APPROXIMATELY AT 754 PM SUNDAY EVENING...10 NOVEMBER 2002...A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TROUT ISLAND ROAD JUST EAST OF
SHARPSVILLE IN MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. IT TRAVELED NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 50 MPH CROSSING ROUTE 18 AND THEN RIPPED THROUGH THE TOWN OF
CLARK. IT CROSSED SHENANGO RIVER LAKE AND TRACKED TO NEAR NEW
HAMBURG WHERE IT FINALLY DISSIPATED ABOUT 802 PM.
THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 7 MILES. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OCCURRED IN
CLARK AND WAS ABOUT 500 YARDS. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE
NEAR 155 MPH WHICH CLASSIFIES THIS AS A STRONG F2 TORNADO.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE AND ALL INJURIES OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF
CLARK...WHERE THERE WERE 19 INJURIES AND ONE FATALITY. THERE WERE 15
HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED...ANOTHER 13 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE AND 29
WITH MINOR DAMAGE. ONE BUSINESS WAS DESTROYED AND ANOTHER SUFFERED MAJOR
DAMAGE. THERE WERE ALSO LARGE SWATHS OF TREES EITHER SNAPPED OR TOPPLED. A
LARGE TRUCK WAS OVERTURNED AND ONE VAN WAS THROWN ACROSS ROUTE 258.
SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES WERE EITHER MOVED OR SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE.
THIS TORNADO IS THE STRONGEST TO OCCUR WITHIN THE COUNTY WARNING
AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH...SINCE 1998.
THIS IS THE THIRD TORNADO TO OCCUR IN MERCER COUNTY THIS YEAR. TWO
OTHER TORNADOES (F1 AND F0) TOUCHED DOWN ON APRIL 28TH...2002. NO
OTHER CONFIRMED TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE COUNTY SINCE A
SLIGHTLY WEAKER (F2) TORNADO OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 3RD...1986.
HOWEVER...YESTERDAY/S TORNADO IS THE STRONGEST TO OCCUR IN MERCER
COUNTY SINCE THE WHEATLAND F5 TORNADO OF MAY 31ST...1985.
SUMMARY
SCALE (INTENSITY/STRENGTH).......F2
PATH LENGTH......................7 MILES
PATH WIDTH.......................500 YARDS
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS..........155 MPH
DATE/TIME........................754 PM TO 802 PM 11/10/02
SPEED/MOVEMENT...................NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH
AMENDED FOR LATER INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
KANE/STRAGER
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