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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
National Weather Service PITTSBURGH PA
829 AM EDT Mon May 13 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for May 11th 2024 Fike Run Tornado Event...

This was updated for the narrative summary and to add the path
width of each tornado.

Preliminary Rating:     EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.1 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/11/2024
Start Time:             07:48 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 E Glades / Fayette County / PA
Start Lat/Lon:          39.73 / -79.51

End Date:               05/11/2024
End Time:               07:53 PM EDT
End Location:           1 S Fiketown / Preston County / WV
End Lat/Lon:            39.72 / -79.49

Survey Summary:
A storm survey performed by the National Weather Service
preliminarily confirmed an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds of 90
MPH, occurred in southeast Fayette County and northeast Preston
County near Fike Run.

The damage commenced along Guthrie road in Fayette county where
several hardwood trees were uprooted. In addition, two barn doors
were blown off and deposited across Flat Rock road.  The twister
continued southeast causing more down trees and snapped large
branches off of Flat Rock road on the east side of the road near a
gas well pad.

The worse damage was located just across the state line into West
Virginia off of Mason Dixon drive. There were over 200 down
hardwood tress on both sides of the road nearly the entire length.
A roof was blown off a detached garage and a tree fell on a car
crushing the roof. A trampoline was places thrity feet on top of a
tree. The damage across state route 26 was consistent of straight
line wind as the storm bowed out.

The National Weather Service would like to thank Fayette County
Emergency Management Agency, Preston County Office of Emergency
Management, and the Bruceton Fire Department for their assistance.

It hasn`t been that long since a tornado was confirmed in Fayette
and Preston County. Fayette`s most recent tornado was an EF2 on
August 25th 2023. Preston county had a EF0 confirmed Thursday May
9th 2024 in Masontown, WV.

...NWS Preliminary Damage Survey for May 11th 2024 New Salem Tornado Event...

Preliminary Rating:     EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    65 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.2 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   20 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/11/2024
Start Time:             07:06 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 ESE Lambert / Fayette County / PA
Start Lat/Lon:          39.91 / -79.86

End Date:               05/11/2024
End Time:               07:06 PM EDT
End Location:           1 ESE Lambert / Fayette County / PA
End Lat/Lon:            39.91 / -79.85

Survey Summary:
A storm survey performed by the National Weather Service
preliminarily confirmed a brief EF0 tornado, with maximum winds
of 65 MPH, occurred in central Fayette County near New Salem.
Video confirmation confirmed a touch down. There were a few
hardwood trees that had large branches down and a small tree was
uprooted. No homes or structures were affected. This along with
the one above makes for 18 tornadoes to impact Fayette county
since 1950. At least that were documented or reported to the
National Weather Service.

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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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McMullen