[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 7/15/2010 3:51:24 PM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR NEW TRIPOLI IN LEHIGH COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...

LOCATION...THE NEW TRIPOLI SECTION OF LYNN TOWNSHIP IN LEHIGH COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA.

DATE...JULY 14, 2010. 

ESTIMATED TIME...400 AM EDT.

MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0.

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH.

MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS. 

PATH LENGTH...3 MILES. 

BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.65N / 75.76W. 
ENDING LAT/LON...40.68N / 75.76W.

* 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 MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO IN THE NEW TRIPOLI SECTION OF LYNN TOWNSHIP IN LEHIGH COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA ON JULY 14, 2010.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE LYNN ACRES FARM ON KISTLER VALLEY
ROAD NEAR 400 AM. A SMALLER BARN HAD HALF OF ITS ROOF COMPLETELY
REMOVED AND OTHER STRUCTURES SUSTAINED SOME ROOF DAMAGE. THIS
INCLUDED PORTIONS OF THE METAL ROOF BEING PEELED OFF. PARTS OF
THIS METAL ROOF WERE EVIDENT AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE DAMAGE
PATH. THERE WERE NUMEROUS TREES TOPPLED OR SHEARED OFF AROUND THE
FARM AND ALONG A RAVINE THAT GOES THROUGH THE FARMLAND. SOME OF
THE CORN IN TWO SEPARATE FIELDS WAS PARTIALLY FLATTENED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED NORTHWARD NEAR
SECHLER ROAD WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED OR SHEARED OFF ALONG THE
WAY. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO HAVE LIFTED AT TIMES AS THE DAMAGE
BECAME MORE SPORADIC IN NATURE. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ON A
NORTHWARD TRACK AND APPEARED TO HAVE DISSIPATED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF DECATUR STREET /ROUTE 143/ AND MADISON STREET.
THIS IS WHERE TWO LARGE TREES WERE COMPLETELY UPROOTED, WHICH DID
SOME CHIMNEY AND ROOF DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF A HOME. BETWEEN THE
STARTING AND ENDING LOCATIONS, THERE WERE A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS
WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS MORE WIDESPREAD, MOST OF WHICH WAS TO LARGE
TREES. THE MOST DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SECHLER
ROAD AND WEDGE DRIVE WHERE NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE COMPLETELY
UPROOTED OR SHEARED OFF ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AT LEAST
THREE HOMES IN THIS AREA HAD DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES, WITH ONE
HOME HAVING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NO THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WAS
REPORTEDLY HEARD OR SEEN WITH THIS EVENT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE NEW TRIPOLI FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE LEHIGH COUNTY EOC AND THE
LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS DAMAGE SURVEY.
IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

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

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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GORSE