Fairfield County Tornado - May 2, 2002

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
449 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

...TORNADO IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEAR THE
TOWN OF BALTIMORE AT APPROXIMATELY 1247 AM.  THE TORNADO TOPPED OFF
SOME TREES AND KNOCKED DOWN A FEW POWER POLES. CURRENT INDICATIONS
ARE THAT THE TORNADO WAS AN F0 (40 TO 72 MPH).

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
AT 1231 AM FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY...WHICH WAS UPGRADED TO A TORNADO
WARNING SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.

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