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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

National Weather Service PITTSBURGH PA

829 AM EDT Mon May 13 2024



...NWS Damage Survey for May 11th 2024 Fike Run Tornado Event...



This was updated for the narrative summary and to add the path 

width of each tornado. 



Preliminary Rating:     EF1

Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph

Path Length /statute/:  1.1 miles

Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards

Fatalities:             0

Injuries:               0



Start Date:             05/11/2024

Start Time:             07:48 PM EDT

Start Location:         1 E Glades / Fayette County / PA

Start Lat/Lon:          39.73 / -79.51



End Date:               05/11/2024 

End Time:               07:53 PM EDT

End Location:           1 S Fiketown / Preston County / WV 

End Lat/Lon:            39.72 / -79.49



Survey Summary:

A storm survey performed by the National Weather Service

preliminarily confirmed an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds of 90

MPH, occurred in southeast Fayette County and northeast Preston

County near Fike Run.



The damage commenced along Guthrie road in Fayette county where 

several hardwood trees were uprooted. In addition, two barn doors

were blown off and deposited across Flat Rock road.  The twister 

continued southeast causing more down trees and snapped large 

branches off of Flat Rock road on the east side of the road near a

gas well pad. 



The worse damage was located just across the state line into West

Virginia off of Mason Dixon drive. There were over 200 down

hardwood tress on both sides of the road nearly the entire length.

A roof was blown off a detached garage and a tree fell on a car 

crushing the roof. A trampoline was places thrity feet on top of a

tree. The damage across state route 26 was consistent of straight

line wind as the storm bowed out. 



The National Weather Service would like to thank Fayette County

Emergency Management Agency, Preston County Office of Emergency

Management, and the Bruceton Fire Department for their assistance.



It hasn't been that long since a tornado was confirmed in Fayette

and Preston County. Fayette's most recent tornado was an EF2 on 

August 25th 2023. Preston county had a EF0 confirmed Thursday May

9th 2024 in Masontown, WV. 



...NWS Preliminary Damage Survey for May 11th 2024 New Salem Tornado Event...



Preliminary Rating:     EF0

Estimated Peak Wind:    65 mph

Path Length /statute/:  0.2 miles

Path Width /maximum/:   20 yards

Fatalities:             0

Injuries:               0



Start Date:             05/11/2024

Start Time:             07:06 PM EDT

Start Location:         1 ESE Lambert / Fayette County / PA

Start Lat/Lon:          39.91 / -79.86



End Date:               05/11/2024 

End Time:               07:06 PM EDT

End Location:           1 ESE Lambert / Fayette County / PA 

End Lat/Lon:            39.91 / -79.85



Survey Summary:

A storm survey performed by the National Weather Service

preliminarily confirmed a brief EF0 tornado, with maximum winds 

of 65 MPH, occurred in central Fayette County near New Salem. 

Video confirmation confirmed a touch down. There were a few 

hardwood trees that had large branches down and a small tree was 

uprooted. No homes or structures were affected. This along with 

the one above makes for 18 tornadoes to impact Fayette county 

since 1950. At least that were documented or reported to the 

National Weather Service. 



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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the

following categories:



EF0.....65 to 85 mph

EF1.....86 to 110 mph

EF2.....111 to 135 mph

EF3.....136 to 165 mph

EF4.....166 to 200 mph

EF5.....>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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McMullen