Severe Weather & Darke County Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
735 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003

...WARREN COUNTY DAMAGE SURVEY FOR STORMS THAT OCCURRED EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...

A STORM MOVED THROUGH BUTLER COUNTY AND INTO WARREN COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST OHIO BETWEEN 100 AM AND 130 AM THIS MORNING. THIS STORM
MOVED ACROSS WARREN COUNTY BETWEEN 135 AM AND 200 AM. NO DEATHS OR
INJURIES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE FIRST DAMAGE OCCURRED BETWEEN 135 AM AND 145 AM. THE PRIMARY
DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG A PATH FROM MASON...NORTHEAST THROUGH THE KINGS
ISLAND AREA...TO SOUTH LEBANON AND THEN NORTHEAST THROUGH TURTLE
CREEK TOWNSHIP TO NEAR INTERSTATE 71. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS RELATIVELY
NARROW...BUT BECOMING MORE BROAD IN SOUTH LEBANON. THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS ALONG THIS PATH INCLUDED A BUILDING ON MASON-MONTGOMERY ROAD IN
MASON...KINGS HIGH SCHOOL...SOUTH LEBANON AND AN AREA NORTHEAST OF
SOUTH LEBANON WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE
OCCURRED.

ALL THE DAMAGE SURVEYED APPEARED CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE OR
DOWNBURST DAMAGE. IN SOME AREAS THE STORM PRODUCED WINDS ESTIMATED AT
75 TO 80 MPH...AND IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS ESTIMATED WINDS OVER 100
MPH WERE NOTED.


...DARKE COUNTY DAMAGE SURVEY FOR STORMS THAT OCCURRED FRIDAY
NIGHT...

A DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN DARKE COUNTY TODAY. THE DAMAGE
SURVEYED INDICATED A WEAK TORNADO OCCURRED AT ABOUT 11 PM.
THE BRIEF TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED JUST SOUTHWEST OF BURKETTSVILLE. THE
PATH LENGTH WAS 3/4 OF A MILE AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 100 TO 150 FEET.
THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE A F1 TORNADO WITH WINDS BETWEEN 73
AND 112 MPH. NO DEATHS OR INJURIES OCCURRED. ONE BARN ROOF WAS BLOWN
OFF AND ONE BARN WAS DESTROYED. TWO SILOS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL.


...SHELBY COUNTY DAMAGE SURVEY FOR STORMS THAT OCCURRED LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...

A DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN SHELBY COUNTY TODAY. THE DAMAGE
SURVEY INDICATED THAT THE STORM PRODUCED STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE
IN SALEM TOWNSHIP...SEVERAL MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY. DAMAGE FROM
THE STORM OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1135 PM. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED
MINOR DAMAGE AND ONE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
DOWNED AND UPROOTED. WINDS WITH THE STORM WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 TO
120 MPH.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0541 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
09/26/03   MIAMI                          TREES DOWN

1125 PM    UNION CITY                OH   WIND DAMAGE
09/26/03   DARKE                          LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
                                          PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
                                          OUTBUILDINGS WERE BLOWN
                                          OVER IN UNION CITY.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT. 

1150 PM    3 NNW PORT JEFFERSON      OH   WIND DAMAGE
09/26/03   SHELBY                         HOUSE BLOWN OFF ITS
                                          FOUNDATION. LARGE PIECES OF
                                          A BARN WERE EMBEDDED IN THE
                                          GROUND. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT. 

1203 AM    MT ORAB                   OH   .50 INCH HAIL
09/27/03   BROWN                          REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER. 

1207 AM    ANNA                      OH   WIND DAMAGE
09/27/03   SHELBY                         A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN
                                          DOWN. SEVERAL POWER LINES
                                          ARE DOWN.REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT. 

1210 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
09/27/03   LOGAN                          TREES DOWN

0130 AM    HILLIARD                  OH   DOWNBURST                 
09/27/03   FRANKLIN                       TREES REPORTED DOWN ON 
                                          WEST SIDE OF CITY.

0135 AM    MASON                     OH   DOWNBURST                 
09/27/03   WARREN                         TREES AND POWER LINES 
                                          REPORTED DOWN FROM MASON TO 
                                          SOUTH LEBANON.

0137 AM    SOUTH LEBANON             OH   WIND DAMAGE
09/27/03   WARREN                         TREES AND POWERLINES BLOWN
                                          DOWN. EVENT OCCURRED IN
                                          TURTLE CREEK
                                          TOWNSHIP...LEBANON...AND
                                          MASON.REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT. 

0300 AM    DUBLIN                    OH   FLOOD
09/27/03   FRANKLIN                       HIGH WATER ON SAWMILL ROAD

0300 AM    POWELL                    OH   FLOOD                     
09/27/03   DELAWARE                       HIGH WATER REPORTED ON 
                                          AREA ROADS.

0300 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOOD
09/27/03   DELAWARE                       HIGH WATER ON
                                          ROADSREPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT. 

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