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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed May 26 2004 - 08:15:36 EDT
Here is some information on this storm and photos from the media.
NWS REPORT:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/tornadoreports/0603.html
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE TORNADO
WHICH TOUCHED DOWN OVER SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON MAY
25 2004 TO BE F1 INTENSITY ON THE FUJITA SCALE...
MEDIA REPORT:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04147/322073.stm
"At least one twister touched down and others were spotted in the area,
said Stephen Watt, the county's director of emergency services.
A tornado touched down about 5:23 p.m., just west of Interstate 79 about 8
miles south of Meadville, said Mike Dutter, a meteorologist for the
National Weather Service in Cleveland.
The twister then moved east for about 7 miles, damaging roofs of homes in
Greenwood and Fairfield townships and significantly damaging some
businesses, Watt said.
In Greenwood, a tornado destroyed an 80-by-150-foot structure used as a
shipping plant by PPG Industries, tearing off the metal roof and sides and
bending some of the steel beams, said Shirley Beuchat, the facility's
supervisor for human resources.
The storm also bent some doors in the building, blew out windows and piled
up eight truck trailers in the shipping yard, she said.
A dairy farm on Route 285 west of Cochranton also was damaged. The storm
ripped the roof off a 10,000-bushel grain bin at Hart Farms. The roof was
found about 600 feet away, on the other side of a barn. Another grain
building also was heavily damaged and a 30-foot-by-60-foot building was
"completely gone," said Jim Hart, 38.
Dutter said the tornado was rated at F-1..."
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