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NWUS51 KBGM 210003
LSRBGM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
802 PM EDT SAT APR 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0753 PM     TORNADO          3 SSE BAINBRIDGE        42.26N  75.46W
04/19/2013                   CHENANGO           NY   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF1 TORNADO WITH PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS AND PATH
            LENGTH OF 3.2 MILES. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED OR
            SNAPPED... SEVERAL VEHICLES AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR
            DESTROYED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEBRIS TRANSPORTED A
            HUNDRED YARDS OR MORE.


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NOUS41 KBGM 221352 AAA
PNSBGM
NYZ045-057-1700-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
954 AM EDT MON APR 22 2013

...TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM 4 SSE BAINBRIDGE IN CHENANGO COUNTY TO 3
S SIDNEY IN DELAWARE COUNTY NEW YORK...

UPDATED DATA ON LAT/LON POINTS AND WIDTH.

LOCATION...FROM 4 SSE BAINBRIDGE IN CHENANGO COUNTY TO 3 S SIDNEY
IN DELAWARE COUNTY NEW YORK
DATE...APRIL 19 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...753 PM TO 758 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...110 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS
YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.2 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.2481N / 75.4516W
ENDING LAT/LON...42.2674N / 75.3939W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON, NY HAS CONFIRMED THAT
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 4 MILES SSE OF BAINBRIDGE IN CHENANGO
COUNTY...TRACKED NORTHEAST ABOUT 3.2 MILES...AND THEN ENDED ABOUT 3
MILES SOUTH OF SIDNEY IN DELAWARE COUNTY NEW YORK FROM 753 PM EDT
TO 758 PM EDT ON APRIL 19 2013.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN INTERSTATE 88 AND HIGHWAY
206...ON EAST AFTON ROAD...WHERE 2 POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND A CAR
WAS DESTROYED BY A LARGE TREE BRANCH. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS ALSO
DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. A BARN HAD MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED HIGHWAY
206...WHERE A FARM EQUIPMENT BUILDING AND A MOBILE HOME WERE
HEAVILY DAMAGED...AND A STORAGE TRAILER WAS DESTROYED. OTHER NEARBY
HOMES HAD MINOR DAMAGE...AND A CARPORT WAS LIFTED AND MOVED 75
FEET. FARTHER DOWN ITS PATH...THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO A HIGH
END EF1 STRENGTH WHILE TRAVELING IN THE VICINITY OF HOUCK DRIVE.
IN THIS AREA IT UPROOTED OR SNAPPED MANY 1 TO 2 FOOT DIAMETER
TREES ALONG ITS PATH...BOTH HARDWOODS /MAPLES/ AND SOFTWOODS
/PINES/...WITH THE LARGEST MORE THAN 3 FEET WIDE. IT ALSO CAUSED
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND GARAGE...WHILE
TRANSPORTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEBRIS A HUNDRED YARDS OR
MORE. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO DELAWARE COUNTY...DOWNING
SEVERAL MORE TREES ON SOME PROPERTIES ALONG HIGHWAY 8 BEFORE
DISSIPATING.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/BGM.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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