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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
728 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006

...F2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NEW YORK HAS CONFIRMED THAT A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY JULY 12,
2006. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN F1 IN THE TOWN OF SLEEPY HOLLOW IN
THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY...THEN MOVED THROUGH POCANTICO
HILLS WHERE...AT ITS STRONGEST POINT...IT WAS RATED AN F2. IT
CONTINUED MOVING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AS AN F1 THROUGH THE TOWNS
OF HAWTHORNE AND MOUNT PLEASANT. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO THE
KENSICO RESERVOIR...STILL AS AN F1...BEFORE IT MOVED INTO THE
GREENWICH AREA OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THE
STORM WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES LONG WITH A WIDTH OF 200 TO 300
YARDS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NEW YORK HAS ALSO CONFIRMED
THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY JULY
12, 2006. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN F1 IN NORTHERN GREENWICH. MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS TORNADO WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER.

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