PRESS RELEASE

VORTEK LLC
 

MOST TORNADO-PRONE SPOT IN PENNSYLVANIA

January 14, 2008   Huntsville, Alabama
 

As part of an ongoing tornado research project, by means of the Site Assessment of Tornado Threat (SATT) 3.0 software, and based on National Weather Service data from 1950 through 2006, the VorTek staff have determined the most tornado-prone point in Pennsylvania, originally identified in April 2003, remains at latitude 41^o 12’ N, longitude 77^o 43’ W, which corresponds to a location 4.22 miles west of Eagleton Fields, 0.12 miles northeast of Tarklin Run Stream, 0.81 miles southwest of the crossing of Dish Pan Hollow Road over Tarklin Run Stream, 1.29 miles north-northwest of the intersection of Eagleton Road and Buckle Creek Road.  During the 57-year period noted, 11 tornado track segments have touched down or passed within 20 miles of this point.  This includes three F0 tornadoes, four F1, and four F4.  If the total land area disturbed by these tornadoes is divided by the land area within the 20-mile circle, on an annual basis the average fraction of land disturbed (or Annual Coverage Fraction) equals 1.0822 x 10^-3 or 0.10822%, which is the largest value for any point within Pennsylvania.

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