![]() At its widest, the path of destruction was about 400 yards wide, Jung said.Īs the tornado reached the end of its life, the path of destruction in the Scandia area was about 25 to 30 yards wide, Jung said. ![]() There were, again, numerous houses and vehicles damaged by falling trees. Jung estimated the wind speeds as the tornado crossed Conewango Avenue at between 80 and 90 miles per hour. Crews worked for hours to remove that rubble and make the road passable.įrom Starbrick, the tornado continued northeast over the hill, largely skipping over North Warren, before touching down again near Conewango Creek and the northernmost part of the city of Warren. ![]() The scattered metal caused Route 6 to be shut down Sunday.Īccording to Rose, metal was strewn across all five lanes at the intersection with Preston Road, some of it reaching 10 feet high. Insulation material, probably from Carter Lumber, was found as far away as Scandia, according to Warren County Emergency Management Deputy Director Scott Rose.Ī piece of a sign or building bearing part of Carter Lumber’s name was found along the Bike Hike Trail in North Warren.Ĭorrugated metal was hanging in trees and scattered on the ground and along Route 6. “This almost looks like a tornado went right over it,” Jung said at that location. At the back of the building, a trailer had been forced east into a truck which had been pushed east into one of the building’s block walls. The front end of the trailer it was on was hooked into the roof structure of the building. The roof had been torn off and was spread northward.Ī pontoon boat that had been stored inside had been pushed to the west and lifted up. Jung and Jurewicz spent some time at Whitmire Block, looking over the contents of a fabric building. A G&H employee who was cleaning up said there seemed to be only minor damages to the vehicles stored in the building.Ī manager at Carter Lumber who was surveying the damages said the company would not be giving any comment on Monday.
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