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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
528 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2022...CORRECTED

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/16/2022 TORNADO EVENT...

LOW PRESSURE MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND MONDAY, WITH A 
WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT THEN PASSED THROUGH 
WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE EVENING, WITH A LINE OF STRONG TO 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE RECEIVED 
SPORADIC STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE, WITH A VIDEO INSTANCE OF A 
TORNADO BETWEEN CHARLESTOWN AND CLAREMONT, NH.

.CHARLESTOWN/CLAREMONT, NH TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  4.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   330 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             MAY 16, 2022
START TIME:             6:22PM EDT
START LOCATION:         2.65 MILES N CHARLESTOWN, NH
START LAT/LON:          43.3052/-72.3867

END DATE:               MAY 16, 2022
END TIME:               6:28PM EDT
END LOCATION:           0.5 MILES S CLAREMONT, NH
END LAT/LON:            43.3617/-72.3439

A BRIEF BUT DAMAGING TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTH CHARLESTOWN, NH
MONDAY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ENTERING WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. EF-0 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED INITIALLY
AND TOWARDS TERMINATION, WITH AROUND A THOUSAND SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED SOFTWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED NORTH OF THE
CLAREMONT, NH CITY LINE WITH EF-1 DAMAGE. UPROOTED HARDWOOD 
TREES WERE OBSERVED HERE, WITH AN INCREASE IN THE PATH WIDTH. 
THIS TORNADO WAS CAPTURED ON A CAR DASH CAM.


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EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>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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