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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
448 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...SMALL F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN STEUBEN COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN
THE TOWN OF CANISTEO...AND CONFIRMED THAT A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 12 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:50 PM.

THE TORNADO FORMED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BUSH HILL IN THE WOODS BEHIND
A RESIDENCE ON STATE ROUTE 36...ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF GRAVEL RUN
ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH ALONG
COLONEL BILLS CREEK...BEFORE CROSSING STATE ROUTE 36 AND DISSIPATING
PRIOR TO REACHING ROCK RUN ROAD.

THE MAJORITY OF STORM DAMAGE WAS TO LARGE TREES...AND IT IS ESTIMATED
THAT 100 TO 200 TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN HALF ALONG THE
TORNADO'S PATH. SIGNIFICANT CROP DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN A
CORNFIELD...AND A ONE SIDE OF A TIN ROOF WAS PEELED OFF A BARN ON THE
EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 36. THE DAMAGE PATTERN IS CONSISTENT WITH F1
INTENSITY DAMAGE. THE FUJITA INTENSITY SCALE ASSOCIATES F1 DAMAGE TO
73-112 MPH WIND SPEEDS. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS AT THE CORE OF THIS
TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR THE LOW END OF THE SCALE...UP TO 80
MPH. THE SWATH OF F1 TORNADO DAMAGE WAS 75 TO 100 YARDS WIDE...WITH
MINOR DAMAGE ALONG THE TORNADO PATH EXTENDING OUT TO 200 YARDS WIDE.

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BREWSTER