NOUS41 KBGM 232053
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
445 PM EDT WED JUNE 23 2004

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS THAT AN F0 TORNADO OCCURRED IN
TABERG IN ONEIDA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 15...

AN F0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS BETWEEN 60 TO 72 MPH BRIEFLY 
TOUCHED OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE VILLAGE OF TABERG AT AROUND 
1210 AM ON JUNE 15. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO ORIGINATE NEAR ROUTE 69 
OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF TABERG... THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS 
THE NORTHWEST PART OF TABERG... BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST TO THE EAST 
OF GLENMORE ROAD. THE LENGTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK WAS ABOUT 2/3 OF A 
MILE... AND THE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS.

NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE 
TORNADO. AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED STRONG WINDS BLOWING FROM THE 
SOUTHWEST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN SHIFT IN 
THE WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST WHICH WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DOWNING OF 
SEVERAL LARGE TREES ON HIS PROPERTY. 
      
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