Tornado Confirmed in Elmira, NY: EF-1

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By WXedge Staff on July 27, 2012, 2:20pm

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Power lines and trees were toppled and hospitals were placed on disaster alert after a tornado hit the city of Elmira Thursday afternoon.

Photo by AP/Heather Ainsworth

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ELMIRA IN CHEMUNG COUNTY NEW YORK...

LOCATION...ELMIRA IN CHEMUNG COUNTY NEW YORK
DATE...JULY 26 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...400 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105-110 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...TBD
PATH LENGTH...10 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...TBD
ENDING LAT/LON...TBD
* 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 BINGHAMTON, NY HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR ELMIRA IN CHEMUNG COUNTY NEW YORK ON JULY 26 2012.

TORNADO TRACKED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER FROM WEST TO EAST.
STARTING POINT WAS IN HARRIS HILL MANOR JUST WEST OF ELMIRA. MORE
INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE THE SURVEY TEAM IS BACK IN THE
OFFICE.

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

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.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
204 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

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