A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM WAS IN HOKPINS COUNTY YESTERDAY AND DETERMINED IT WAS A TORNADO THAT STRUCK WITHOUT WARNING LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

            IN FACT, THE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN F-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT THREEE QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTH OF WHITE PLAINS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 8-13 AND HARDWICK ROAD AROUND 8:25 SUNDAY EVENING.

            THE TWISTER WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF A MILE AND WAS APROXIMATELY 80 YARDS WIDE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 120 MILES PER HOUR.

            ONE FRAMED HOUSE AND ONE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. FOUR SHEDS WERE DAMAGED, SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR DOWNED AND NUMEROUS POWER LINES WERE DOWNED.

            THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED WITH THE STORM. TO SEE PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE, FOLLOW THIS LINK: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pah&storyid=73351&source=0

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