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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
249 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/06/25 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPED NEAR A COLD FRONT ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY
6. ONE STORM THAT DEVELOPED RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT PRODUCED A
TORNADO NEAR BANGOR, PA.
.BANGOR TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 - 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2025
START TIME: 03:47 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 S BANGOR / NORTHAMPTON COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.84 / -75.2128
END DATE: 05/06/2025
END TIME: 03:50 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 SE BANGOR / NORTHAMPTON COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.86 / -75.2054
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT A PUBLIC WORKS BARN. DAMAGE IN THIS
AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH. A
SMALL TREE WAS FELLED AND SEVERAL TILES WERE BLOWN OFF THE ROOF.
OF NOTE, SOME OF THE TILES FROM THE ROOF WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY
ONE QUARTER MILE AWAY NEAR A SCHOOL. FOR THE NEXT APPROXIMATE
MILE, DISCONTINUOUS TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN A WOODED AREA. THE
HIGHEST DEGREE OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED BEHIND A RESIDENCE ON
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. AT THAT LOCATION, SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES
WERE UPROOTED AND A FEW WERE SNAPPED. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED IN THIS
AREA WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 80 TO 90 MPH. THIS IS ALSO THE LOCATION
WHERE THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS OBSERVED, APPROXIMATELY 100
YARDS. FURTHER TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED WHERE THE TORNADO CROSSED THE
TRAIN TRACKS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MILL STREET AND MURRAY
STREET. THE FINAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH SOME TILES BLOWN OFF A
HISTORIC COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF MURRAY STREET
AND W MESSINGER STREET.
NWS PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND MR. LOU RUH FOR THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
JOHNSON
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