PAZ073-074-030430-    
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
429 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012    

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR LIGONIER IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WESTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...    

LOCATION...LIGONIER IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA  
DATE...JUNE 01 2012  
ESTIMATED TIME...525 PM EDT  
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1  
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 MPH  
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS  
PATH LENGTH...8 MILES  
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.2595N / -79.2053W  
ENDING LAT/LON...40.3108N / -79.1437W  
* 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 PITTSBURGH PA HAS CONFIRMED A  
TORNADO NEAR LIGONIER IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY ON JUNE 01 2012.    

A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH CONDUCTED A  
STORM SURVEY IN LIGONIER AND FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIPS AND CONCLUDED  
THAT DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF1 TWISTER. THE TORNADO INITIALLY  
TOUCHED DOWN A QUARTER MILE EAST OF THE BOROUGH OF LIGONIER AND  
TRAVELED NORTH NORTHEAST CAUSING SPORADIC DAMAGE OVER A PATH OF  
EIGHT MILES BEFORE LIFTING EAST OF CHAMPION LAKES GOLF COURSE. THE  
PATH NEARLY MIRRORED STATE ROUTE 711.    

THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOUSE ON ROBB ROAD WHERE THE  
ENTIRE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF...THE WIDTH OF THE STORM AT THIS  
LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. ANOTHER MILE OR TWO NORTH  
ALONG ROUTE 711 AT STANISLAW FARMS...10 - 20 TREES WERE SNAPPED  
AT THE TRUNK OR UPROOTED. THREE STATIONARY MOTOR VEHICLES WERE  
APPROXIMATELY THREE TO SIX FEET. THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO HERE WAS  
ABOUT 300 YARDS.    

SPORADIC SNAPPING AND UPROOTING OF TREES WAS OBSERVED UNTIL  
REACHING THE ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE. THERE 14 CABINS SUSTAINED  
MINOR DAMAGE...MAINLY FROM TREES BEING SNAPPED AND LANDING ON THE  
ROOFS.    

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION HAS 27 STRUCTURES...14 MOBILE HOMES...AND  
TWO BUSINESSES EXPERIENCING SOME LEVEL OF DAMAGE.    

THIS IS THE 37TH TORNADO TO AFFECT WESTMORELAND COUNTY SINCE 1800.  
THIS NOW PLACES IT IN A TIE WITH CRAWFORD COUNTY FOR THE MOST  
TORNADOES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.    

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK WESTMORELAND  
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL OF THEIR ASSISTANCE  
BEFORE...DURING...AND AFTER THIS EVENT.    

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT  
WEATHER.GOV/PITTSBURGH AND ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.    

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.