June 6, 2011 Tornado Confirmation
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June 6, 2011 Tornado Confirmation
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
605 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...CORRECTED FOR TYPOS...
...TWO TORNADOES CONFIRMED ACROSS YELLOWSTONE COUNTY THE EVENING
OF JUNE 6TH...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS CONDUCTED SURVEYS OF
DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED FROM THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY EVENING...JUNE
6TH. THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS BEING THE RESULT OF
TORNADOES.
*FIVE MILES EAST OF MOLT...CONFIRMED EF-0 TORNADO. BRIEF
TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE. 15 FOOT GRAIN BIN
DESTROYED...PICKED UP AND THROWN INTO AN OUTBUILDING 50 FEET AWAY.
SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A NEARBY HOUSE.
*SHEPHERD...CONFIRMED EF-0 TORNADO. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 50
YARDS WIDE...TOSSING DEBRIS ALONG A 100 YARD PATH. ROOF BLOWN OFF
A GARAGE AND SHED AT ONE RESIDENCE. DEBRIS BLOWN INTO THE NEARBY
HOUSE CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO WINDOWS AND SIDING. HORSE
TRAILER TIPPED ON ITS SIDE. DAMAGE TO NEARBY POWER POLES.
WHILE OUR PRELIMINARY STATISTICS SHOWED ADDITIONAL TORNADOES...MANY
SIGHTINGS ARE OF THE SAME TORNADOES FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS.
THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE (EF-SCALE) IS USED TO RATE TORNADO
STRENGTH BASED ON OBSERVED DAMAGE. THE EF-0 RATING FOR THESE
TORNADOES ESTIMATES WINDS OF 65-85 MPH. COMPARE THESE WINDS TO
WINDS OF AN EF-2 TORNADO THAT IMPACTED BILLINGS ON JUNE 20TH
2010...WITH WIND SPEEDS RANGING FROM 111-135 MPH.
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