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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
339 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2024
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 8TH 2024 FINDLAY TOWNSHIP TORNADO EVENT...
FINDLAY TOWNSHIP TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.20 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 01:49 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 ENE IMPERIAL-ENLOW / ALLEGHENY COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.4623 / -80.1968
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 01:50 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 ENE IMPERIAL-ENLOW / ALLEGHENY COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.4607 / -80.1936
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A STORM SURVEY PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CONFIRMED THAT A BRIEF EF1 TORNADO, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF
105 MPH, OCCURRED NEAR ATEN ROAD IN FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, JUST WEST
OF I-376.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF ATEN ROAD, WHERE A
TRAILER ON BLOCKS IN A PARKING LOT WAS OVERTURNED, WITH SOME TREE
DAMAGE NEARBY. THE TORNADO THEN PROGRESSED SOUTHEAST, SNAPPING AT
LEAST 15-20 TREES ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ATEN ROAD. THIS AREA
REPRESENTED THE STRONGEST DAMAGE, WHERE THE 105 MPH WIND WAS
ASSIGNED.
A NEARBY OUTBUILDING LOST A METAL ROOF IN SEVERAL
PIECES. ONE PORTION FELL ON THE INTERSTATE, WHILE ANOTHER BLEW
OVER THE INTERSTATE AND LANDED ROUGHLY A QUARTER-MILE DOWNWIND.
THE TORNADO CAUSED ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE NEAR THE EDGEWORTH
SECURITY AND MARRIOT HOTEL BUILDINGS. THE TORNADO LIKELY THEN
LIFTED, AS NO OTHER APPRECIABLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED OTHER THAN THE
PREVIOUSLY NOTED ROOF PIECES THAT WERE BLOWN DOWNSTREAM.
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.
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