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PNSBGM

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
200 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BAINBRIDGE...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED THAT DAMAGE 
SOUTH OF BAINBRIDGE NEW YORK WAS CAUSED BY AN F0 INTENSITY TORNADO. 
THE WINDS IN THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. THE TORNADO 
OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 8 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5.

THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AT THE ELECTRIC GENERATING 
SUBSTATION SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE, ON STATE ROUTE 7. NUMEROUS LARGE 
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED IN A 
NORTHEAST DIRECTION ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, TO COUNTY ROAD 
39. HERE A SMALL BARN WAS FLATTENED AND NUMEROUS LARGE HARDWOOD 
TREES WERE SHEERED OFF OR HAD LIMBS BROKEN. ONE VERY LARGE, HEALTHY 
LIMB FELL ACROSS THE ROOF OF A HOUSE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, SHEARING OFF MORE TREE LIMBS, 
BEFORE REACHING INTERSTATE 88, WHERE AN EYEWITNESS BACKED HIS PICKUP 
OUT OF THE WAY OF THE APPROACHING TORNADO.

AFTER CROSSING I-88, MORE TREE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT FOR ABOUT 200 
YARDS. THE DAMAGE PATH BECAME MORE DIFFUSE BEFORE IT CROSSED STATE 
ROUTE 206, WHERE IT QUICKLY DISSIPATED.

THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 1.1 MILES, WITH THE MOST INTENSE 
DAMAGE WITHIN THE FIRST .7 MILES.
THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS...WITH THE CORE 
DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO AROUND 75 YARDS. 

F0 EQUATES TO WINDS OF 40-72 MPH.

MORE INFORMATION, ALONG WITH DAMAGE PHOTOS WILL BE POSTED TO THE NWS 
BINGHAMTON WEB SITE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE ADDRESS IS: 
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM

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