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Public Information Statement...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
721 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024


...NWS Damage Survey for 07/15/24 Tornado Lincklaen to Ostelic...

.Path...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    110 mph
Path Length /statute/:  8.69 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   250 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0

Start Date:             07/15/2024
Start Time:             06:54 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 SE Lincklaen / Chenango County / NY
Start Lat/Lon:          42.6549 / -75.8374

End Date:               07/15/2024
End Time:               07:02 PM EDT
End Location:           1 NNW Otselic / Chenango County / NY
End Lat/Lon:            42.7263 / -75.7171

Survey Summary:
A line of severe thunderstorms quickly surged through in late
afternoon with a bow echo radar signature to produce damaging
winds for much of the area, but a higher end embedded EF1 tornado
managed to spin up at a kink in the line where strong rotation
was indicated on radar. The tornado took a meandering path
through rugged terrain, with discontinuous damage at times from
apparent skipping. The first tornadic damage began around
Upham Road near Lane Hill in Lincklaen State Forest, and
crossed Hyer and Neal Roads as well. The tornado intensified
to higher end EF1 when it reached an exposed ridge along
Joe Road, with hundreds of uprooted and snapped large
softwood trees in a swath over 200 yards wide. Tree
snaps and uproots continued across County Road 13 and then
somewhat intensified on the exposed higher elevation of Ridge
Road while climbing into Bucks Brook State Forest, before
finally dropping into the Otselic Valley to cause
additional trunk snaps and uproots. A barn was partially
collapsed, with roof displaced, in Otselic Center. Other
structures had minor roofing or window damage from Otselic
Center, up Highway 26, to the tornado path ending along Route
80 in Otselic itself where a carport was also lofted. Other
pockets of damage such as in Crumb Hill as well as towards
South Otselic were more consistent with downbursts
from the severe line of thunderstorms.

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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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