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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1057 PM EDT MON SEP 26 2022

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 09/25/22 TORNADO EVENT...

CORRECTED FOR START AND END TIME IN SUMMARY SECTION. 

...WALTON TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             09/25/2022
START TIME:             05:38 PM EDT
START LOCATION:         1 NW BEERSTON / DELAWARE COUNTY / NY
START LAT/LON:          42.1518 / -75.1843

END DATE:               09/25/2022
END TIME:               05:41 PM EDT
END LOCATION:           1 S WALTON / DELAWARE COUNTY / NY
END LAT/LON:            42.1548 / -75.1398

SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY CONFIRMED WITH A 
STORM SURVEY, THAT A TORNADO MOVED THROUGH THE WALTON AREA ON THE 
EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 25TH BETWEEN 5:38 PM TO 5:41 PM. DURING THE 
SURVEY, TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FIRST NOTED ALONG WALTON MOUNTAIN RD 
WHERE TREES FELL IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN. TALKING TO SEVERAL 
RESIDENTS, WINDS CAME FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS, WITH LAWN FURNITURE
AND PART OF A DECK RAILING BLOWN NORTHWEST WHILE TREES IN 
THE BACK YARD WERE BLOWN DOWN FACING SOUTHWEST. SPORADIC TREE 
DAMAGE WAS FOLLOWED DOWN TO ROUTE 10 TO AN AUTOSHOP WITH SOME 
METAL SHEETING RIPPED OFF OF THE ROOF AND THROWN ABOUT A 100 
YARDS. FROM THERE THE DAMAGE PICKED BACK UP ACROSS THE WEST BRANCH
OF THE DELAWARE RIVER ALONG S RIVER RD. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE 
CONTINUED ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF THE RIVER TO JUST SOUTH OF S 
RIVER RD WITH THE WORST TREE DAMAGE OCCURRING NEAR THE END OF THE 
TORNADO'S TRACK. UP UNTIL THIS SECTION, THE DAMAGE FROM THE 
TORNADO WAS EF0. MANY LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND 
FELL IN A CROSS STITCH PATTERN FOR A SECTION OF FOREST THAT WAS 
ABOUT 300 YARDS LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE WHERE THE EF1 DAMAGE WAS 
FOUND.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK DELAWARE COUNTY 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH THE WALTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 
THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE SURVEY.

&&

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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