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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT National Weather Service
PITTSBURGH PA 339 PM EDT Mon May 13 2024


....NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 11TH 2024 NORTH FINLEYVILLE TORNADO
EVENT...

THIS WAS UPDATED FOR THE NARRATIVE SUMMARY.


PRELIMINARY RATING:     EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    118 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.92 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   200 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               2

START DATE:             05/11/2024
START TIME:             06:06 PM EDT
START LOCATION:         2 N VENETIA/ WASHINGTON COUNTY /PA
START LAT/LON:          40.27 / -80.06

END DATE:               05/11/2024
END TIME:               06: 19 PM EDT
END LOCATION:           1 NW ELRAMA/ WASHINGTON COUNTY /PA
END LAT/LON:            40.26 / -79.95


SURVEY SUMMARY:

A NWS SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT AN EF-2 TORNADO, WITH WINDS PEAKING NEAR
118MPH, TRACKED THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF
MAY 11, 2024. THE LENGTH WAS 5.92 MILES AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE 200 YARDS.

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ALONG OAK RIDGE DRIVE, WHERE MINOR
TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED, ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS IN THIS VICINITY WERE
NEAR 90 MPH TO 95 MPH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK ACROSS A FARM
HILLSIDE, THEN IT HIT A SMALL SHED IN A PLANNING COMMUNITY ON
EQUESTRIAN DRIVE. TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED ALONG EQUESTRIAN DRIVE,
BRIDE TRAIL, TURKEYFOOT ROAD, FOX RUN ROAD, AND DOUBLTREE DRIVE.

THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED NEAR CHURCH HILL ROAD AND GREYHAWK CIRCLE,
WHERE A TWO STORY GARAGE RECEIVED HEAVY DAMAGE. THE ROOF AND SIDE
WALLS WERE TOSSED 50 TO 75 YARDS DOWNSTREAM. LARGE HARDWOOD TREES
WERE ALSO SNAPPED AND/OR UPROOTED NEXT TO THE DESTROYED GARAGE
BETWEEN KINGSTON CIRCLE AND GREYHAWK CIRCLE.

SHINGLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO A NUMBER OF HOMES ALONG KINGSTON CIRCLE
AND HEDGEROW DRIVE. VIRAL VIDEO FOOTAGE WAS CAPTURED ALONG LONGLEAF
DRIVE AS THE TORNADO TRACKED OVER A FIELD AND IMPACTED HOMES ALONG
MCCLELLAND ROAD. ONE HOME ON MCCLELLAND ROAD LOST 50% OF THEIR ROOF,
HAD A DESTROYED SHED, AND A NUMBER OF TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY. THEIR NEIGHBOR HAD THEIR ENTIRE
GARAGE DESTROYED AND HAD SOME SHINGLE DAMAGE, THE TORNADO LIFTED THE
METAL ROOF OF THE GARAGE AND SIDING OVER 500 YARDS TOWARDS ROUTE 88.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED TOWARDS WALTER LONG ROAD AND CAUSED ROOF
DAMAGE AT CROSSROADS MINISTRIES. A RELIGIOUS SERVICE WAS BEING HELD
AT THE TIME AND ATTENDEES RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AS BROKEN GLASS
FROM WINDOWS BLEW OUT. THE CHURCH STEEPLE BROKE FREE FROM THE FRONT
OF THE BUILDING AND LANDED IN PIECES ON A FEW PARKED CARS. ABOUT
1,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE CHURCH LOST ITS ENTIRE ROOF. INSULATION
FROM THE CHURCH WAS FOUND 2.5 MILES AWAY IN SOME TREES (ALONG STONE
CHURCH ROAD).  AS THE TORNADO TRACKED TOWARDS STATE ROUTE 88 THE
RANGE OF MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS BETWEEN 111 MPH TO 118 MPH.

SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE AND A POWER POLE BETWEEN MORGAN LANE AND
RIDGE AVE WAS SNAPPED ADJACENT TO ROUTE 88. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
TOWARDS BROWNSVILLE ROAD EXTENSION WHERE LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED
AND/OR SNAPPED AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE TO A HOME. A STORAGE
SHED, AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHEVY CHASE DRIVE, MCCHAIN ROAD, AND
SEWARD ROAD LOSS OVER 20% OF ITS METAL ROOF AND PORTIONS OF ITS SIDE
WALLS.

ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG CURRY LANE, DENNISON LANE,
ABER ROAD, AND LOBBS RUN ROAD BEFORE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED LESS
THAN 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELRAMA, PA.



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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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