Tornadoes Verified by the National Weather Service this Past Week in New Jersey and Connecticut...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
953 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM BERKELEY HEIGHTS TO SUMMIT IN UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY... LOCATION...BERKELEY HEIGHTS TO NEW PROVIDENCE TO SUMMIT IN UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY
DATE...JULY 1 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...917 AM TO 925 AM LST
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...4.8 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.68N / 74.45W
ENDING LAT/LON...40.72N / 74.38W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO FROM BERKELEY HEIGHTS TO SUMMIT IN UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY ON JULY 1 2013. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BERKELEY HEIGHTS NEAR THE PASSAIC RIVER JUST WEST OF GARFIELD STREET. IT PASSED NORTHEAST THROUGH NEW PROVIDENCE AND LIFTED IN SUMMIT NEW JERSEY NEAR EVERGREEN AVENUE. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE TORNADO PATH WITH THE GREATEST DAMAGE OCCURRING AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NEAR SNYDER AVENUE IN BERKELEY HEIGHTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALSO INTERVIEWED AN EYEWITNESS OF THE TORNADO FOR ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATION. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE ALSO OBSERVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ENTIRE TORNADO PATH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK UNION COUNTY...BERKELEY HEIGHTS AND SUMMIT NEW JERSEY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR THEIR HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN THIS DAMAGE SURVEY. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC.
FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
254 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN THE TOWNS OF GREENWICH AND STAMFORD IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT...
LOCATION...GREENWICH TO STAMFORD IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT
DATE...JULY 1 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...1058 AM TO 1108 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...3.7 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.11N / 73.63W
ENDING LAT/LON...41.12N / 73.56W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO IN THE TOWNS OF GREENWICH AND STAMFORD IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT ON JULY 1 2013. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF GREENWICH ON NORTH STREET JUST NORTH OF THE MERRITT PARKWAY. IT CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE TOWN OF STAMFORD AND LIFTED ON JANES LANE APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE WEST OF SCOFIELDTOWN ROAD. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE TORNADO PATH STARTING ON TACONIC ROAD AND CONTINUING ONTO SKYRIDGE ROAD. THE WORST TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF STAG LANE AND STANWICH ROAD. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED ON CARRINGTON DRIVE AND AT THE MEAD HOUSE FARM. THE TORNADO STARTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVED INTO THE TOWN OF STAMFORD JUST SOUTH OF WEB HILLS ROAD AND LYNAM ROAD. NO VISIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS SEEN DURING THE SURVEY.
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