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NOUS41 KPBZ 171903
PNSPBZ
PAZ020-180715-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
303 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR AUG 16, 2026 TORNADOES
ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL DAMAGE AREAS ARE BEING EVALUATED AT THIS
TIME IN WESTMORELAND AND ARMSTRONG COUNTIES. NO COHERENT DAMAGE
PATHS WERE NOTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN CARROLL COUNTY OHIO OR
IN BUTLER COUNTY, PA.
NWS PITTSBURGH CONTINUES TO COLLECT AND REVIEW DAMAGE
INFORMATION, AND WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION IN THE
COMING DAYS.
HOOKSTOWN AREA
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.39 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/16/2026
START TIME: 03:04 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 N HARSHAVILLE / BEAVER COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.5707 / -80.4106
END DATE: 08/16/2026
END TIME: 03:07 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 N HARSHAVILLE / BEAVER COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 40.5703 / -80.4179
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FROM UPPER SERVICE ROAD, WITH FRESH,
LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED AND A COUPLE SNAPPED TRUNKS THAT SHOWED SOME
SIGN OF ROT.
THE CIRCULATION CROSSED UPPER SERVICE ROAD NEAR THE
GREENE/RACCOON TOWNSHIP LINE, WHERE CONSIDERABLE FRESH TREE
DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE WOODS TO THE NORTH OF THE ROAD. HERE,
ADDITIONAL ROTTED TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED, AS WELL AS A LARGE NUMBER
OF SNAPPED LIMBS AND POSSIBLY AN UPROOTED TREE OR TWO (IT WAS
DIFFICULT TO TELL FROM THE AVAILABLE GROUND ACCESS POINT).
RADAR DATA FROM KPBZ RADAR SUGGEST A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE
IN THIS AREA, COINCIDENT WITH THE DAMAGE SWATH.
BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE SWATH'S INACCESSIBILITY, START AND END POINTS OF THE
TORNADO'S PATH ARE ONLY ESTIMATES, PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FROM AERIAL SURVEY OR SATELLITE IMAGERY.
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.
KRAMAR
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