Straight Line Wind Damage July 3rd, 2014

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
407 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014

...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN HERKIMER AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...

LOCATION...FROM WEST WINFIELD IN HERKIMER COUNTY TO MINDEN IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

DATE...JULY 3 2014.

ESTIMATED TIME...355 PM EDT TO 435 PM EDT.

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...UP TO 100 MPH.

PATH WIDTH...VARIABLE.

PATH LENGTH...30 MILES.

BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.88 N -75.19 W

ENDING LAT/LON...42.97 N -74.73 W

* FATALITIES...NONE
* INJURIES...NONE

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
  CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
  NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
A SERIES OF DOWNBURSTS PRODUCED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HERKIMER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN
EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON JULY 3 2014.
THE DAMAGE FROM THESE DOWNBURSTS WAS DISCONTINUOUS...BUT SPANNED
A TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 30 MILES FROM WEST TO EAST. WHILE THE
DAMAGE PATH WAS SPORADIC...THERE WERE POCKETS OF INTENSE DAMAGE IN
THE TOWNS OF WEST WINFIELD...JORDANVILLE AND MINDEN. THE DAMAGE
WAS MOSTLY FROM SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES ALONG THE DURATION OF
THE PATH.

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