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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003

...DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FINDS EVIDENCE OF TORNADO IN TRIBES HILL, NY...

A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY INVESTIGATED DAMAGE IN EASTERN MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY FROM THE MAY 1ST THUNDERSTORMS.  IN TRIBES HILL...AT 520 PM 
EDT ON MAY FIRST...AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD 
SPINNING UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS HOME.  AN APPARENT F0 TORNADO 
TOOK THE TOPS OFF SEVERAL PINE TREES IN HIS YARD AND DAMAGED A 
SHED.  DEBRIS WAS STREWN TO THE NORTH AND WEST...EVEN THOUGH THE 
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST.  THE EYEWITNESS REPORTED THE FUNNEL 
THEN TURNED NORTH AND DAMAGED A NEARBY HOME...INCLUDING MINOR TREE 
DAMAGE...ROOF DAMAGE...AND THE DESTRUCTION OF A DECK AWNING.

IN AMSTERDAM...AT 525 PM EDT ON MAY FIRST...AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED 
HEARING HOWLING WINDS AND A SMALL GARAGE COLLAPSED FROM EAST TO 
WEST. ANOTHER GARAGE...A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY...WAS MOVED OFF ITS 
FOUNDATION. THE EAST FACING DOORS TO BOTH GARAGES WERE OPEN AT THE 
TIME OF THE WIND DAMAGE. AN APPARENT DOWNBURST...CENTERED TO THE 
EAST OF THE DAMAGE AREA...PRODUCED WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 80 MPH.

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