Four Tornadoes Confirmed
Survey teams of National Weather Service Meteorologists confirm FourTornadoes struck New England Wednesday Evening July 20, 2010. Here aretheir findings. More heat and storms are on the way Friday to Sunday..seemingly endless pattern. Also, Tropical Storm Bonnie is movingtoward south Florida.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
531 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010
...TORNADO CONFIRMED MOVING ACROSS GORHAM IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
MAINE...
LOCATION...GORHAM IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE
DATE...7/21/10
ESTIMATED TIME...640 PM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING/CAUSE...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...350 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...43.679853/70.511833
ENDING LAT/LON...43.692925/70.401531
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY ME HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR
GORHAM IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE ON 7/21/10.
THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON EAST WEBSTER ROAD IN BUXTON
PRODUCING MINOR DAMAGE. IT TRAVELED EAST ON A SEMI-CONTINUOUS PATH THROUGH
THE TOWN OF GORHAM BEFORE LIFTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 237
AND 25. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED THOUSANDS OF TREES ALONG
PORTIONS OF ITS TRACK. THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE GORHAM
SAVINGS HEADQUARTERS WHERE MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT NEAR 90
MPH...CAUSING THE TORNADO TO BE RATED AN EF1 ON THE ENHANCED
FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 5 MILES AND
HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ABOUT 350 YARDS.
MANY POWERLINES WERE DOWNED...WITH REPORTS OF TWO CARS DAMAGED BY
FALLEN TREES. MULTIPLE HOMES HAD MINOR DAMAGE WITH TREES DOWNED ON
HOMES. FARM TRAILERS WERE MOVED 50 TO 75 FEET AND SHEDS WERE
DESTROYED. IN GORHAM...DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG FINN PARKER AND WOOD
ROADS...LOVERS LANE...KIMBALL ROAD...WENTWORTH DRIVE...LAWN AND
LIBBY ROADS WAS WELL AS ROUTE 237.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE THANK THE GORHAM FIRE
CHIEF AND THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING TODAY`S SURVEY.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/GYX.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
404 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TORNADO ALFRED 43.48N 70.72W
07/21/2010 F1 YORK ME NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN ALFRED NEAR
CRANBERRY MEADOWS ROAD. ESTIMATED WINDS ARE 90 MPH. TRACK
LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE STILL BEING DETERMINED.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
245 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM TORNADO LIMERICK 43.69N 70.79W
07/21/2010 F1 YORK ME NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN LIMERICK
NEAR FOSS AND PATTERSON ROADS. WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT
90 MPH BASED ON DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES IN THE AREA.
TRACK LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE STILL BEING DETERMINED.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
443 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010
...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BRISTOL IN HARTFORD COUNTY CT...
LOCATION...BRISTOL IN HARTFORD COUNTY CT
DATE...JULY 21 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...415 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...25 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1.5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.68 / 72.94W
ENDING LAT/LON...41.68 / 72.94W
* 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 TAUNTON MA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO
IN BRISTOL IN HARTFORD COUNTY CT ON JULY 21 2010.
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED NEAR BLAKESLEE AND HIGH
STREETS WHERE TREE TOPS WERE TWISTED OFF. DAMAGE FROM STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS WAS ALSO EVIDENT IN THIS AREA. SEVERAL TREES WERE
UPROOTED.
THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.5 MILES LONG AND 25 YARDS WIDE. DAMAGE WAS
CONSISTENT WITH WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 90 MPH WHICH IS CLASSIFIED AS
EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS STORM SURVEY.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/BOX.
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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