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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT CORRECTED
DAMAGE SURVEY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1130 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2005

...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LEWIS COUNTY ON MONDAY AUGUST 1ST...

CORRECTED FOR TIME OF OCCURRENCE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK HAS 
CONFIRMED THAT A TORNADO OCCURRED IN WESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN THE 
TOWN OF MONTAGUE BETWEEN 450 PM AND 455 PM EDT ON MONDAY, AUGUST 
1ST, 2005. 

THE CONFIRMATION WAS BASED ON A DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE LEWIS 
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. THE LOCATION OF THE TORNADO WAS 
IN A HEAVILY FORESTED...NON POPULATED AREA ALONG SALMON RIVER ROAD 
AT THE JUNCTION OF THE MAD RIVER. FROM A GROUND BASED SURVEY THE 
EXACT LENGTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED.  
HOWEVER OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO ESTIMATE THAT THE TORNADO CUT A 1/4 
MILE WIDE SWATH WHERE MANY TREES WERE EITHER DOWN IN SEVERAL 
DIRECTIONS...BROKEN OFF OR TWISTED. THE ROAD WAS BLOCKED COMPLETELY 
TO TRAFFIC.

BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE SURVEY...NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE OFFICIALS HAVE ESTIMATED THE STRENGTH OF THE TORNADO AS AN 
F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.  THIS EQUATES TO A RANGE OF WIND SPEEDS 
BETWEEN 73 AND 112 MPH. 

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