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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Nov 13 2003 - 20:24:01 EST
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
628 PM EST THU NOV 13 2003
..TORNADO HITS NEW PHILADELPHIA AREA OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY...
ABOUT 800 PM ON 12 NOVEMBER 2003...AN F2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
MAY RD JUST OFF OF ROUTE 52 TO THE WEST OF NEW PHILADELPHIA. IT
TRAVELED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST ABOUT 45 MPH DAMAGING SEVERAL HOUSES
ALONG CROOKED RUN ROAD. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
WITH THEIR ROOFS COMPLETELY TORN OFF. SOME WALLS WERE ALSO TOPPLED.
SEVERAL GARAGES AND BARNS ALSO SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. A FEW
GARAGES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWNED. THE PATH TOOK THE TORNADO ACROSS INTERSTATE 77 AND INTO NEW
PHILADELPHIA WHERE SCATTERED DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ABOUT 12 HOMES. THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE CROOKED RUN ROAD AREA
WHERE THE PATH WIDTH WAS DETERMINED TO BE ABOUT 175 YARDS. THE PATH
LENGTH WAS ABOUT 3.5 MILES AND THE MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO
BE ABOUT 120 MPH.
MEANWHILE...IN THE ATWOOD LAKE AREA OF CARROLL COUNTY...A MICROBURST
PRODUCED A SWATH OF DAMAGE ALONG MENLO DRIVE OFF OF ROUTE 542. THE
DAMAGE EXTENDED ABOUT 200 YARDS AND IT WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE.
MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 60 MPH. NUMEROUS TALL PINE
TREES WERE SNAPPED. SEVERAL TREES FELL ONTO HOUSES AND SHEDS.
THE F2 TORNADO NEAR NEW PHILADELPHIA IS THE STRONGEST TORNADO TO
OCCUR WITHIN THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER IN
PITTSBURGH THIS YEAR. THIS INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...11 COUNTIES IN EAST-CENTRAL OHIO...9 COUNTIES IN
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. ONE F0
OCCURRED IN MERCER COUNTY ON 21 JULY 2003 AND ANOTHER F0 TORNADO
OCCURRED IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY ON 12 JUNE 2003.
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