May 27th, 2004 Severe Weather and Tornadoes

May 27th, 2004
Severe Weather and Tornadoes

Numerous thunderstorms developed along a warm front set up across northern Indiana into the Miami Valley into south central Ohio. Very warm and unstable air south of the warm front provided plenty of fuel for these thunderstorms. A mid level disturbance provided the lift to make these thunderstorms Severe.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1155 AM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004

...DAMAGE NEAR MT. ORAB IN BROWN COUNTY IS DUE TO TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE NEAR MT. ORAB WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
AND ONE HOUSE LOCATED ON UPPER FIVE MILE ROAD AND MALADY ROAD...ABOUT
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENBUSH...WERE DAMAGED BY WINDS AND TREES
FALLING ON THEM.  THE STRENGTH OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS RATED AS
AN F0 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WHICH CONTAINS WINDS OF 40 MPH TO
72 MPH.  THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS ABOUT 500 FEET AND THE
LENGTH WAS APPOXIMATELY ONE MILE.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
149 PM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004

...UPDATE ON DAMAGE NEAR FIVE MILE IN BROWN COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERFORMED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS IN 
BROWN COUNTY.  DAMAGE TO A WELL BUILT HOME NORTHWEST OF GREENBUSH 
IN THE VICINITY OF FIVE MILE ROAD AND MALADY ROAD...HAD A PORTION OF 
THE ROOF PEELED OFF.  

THIS DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LOWER END OF THE F1 CATEGORY ON 
THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 75 TO 80 MPH.  THE F1 
CATEGORY ESTIMATES WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 73 MPH TO 112 MPH.  

THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS ABOUT 500 FEET AND THE LENGTH HAS 
BEEN CHANGED TO TWO MILES IN LENGTH...RUNNING FROM JUST WEST OF 
UPPER FIVE MILE ROAD TO JUST EAST OF BODMAN ROAD.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 PM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004

...F1 AND F0 DAMAGE FOUND IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
...F0 DAMAGE FOUND IN FAR WESTERN ROSS COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE NEAR GHORMLEY OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON COURT
HOUSE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO.

A WELL BUILT BARN-GARAGE NEAR GHORMLEY ROAD WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. A 
GENTLEMAN IN THIS BARN AT THE TIME WAS INJURED.  ABOUT A HALF MILE 
TO THE SOUTHEAST A METAL BARN/GARAGE WAS LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION 
AND DEPOSITED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST.  ABOUT 2 MILES 
TO SOUTHEAST NEAR THE FAYETTE/ROSS COUNTY LINE ANOTHER BARN/GARAGE 
WAS DESTROYED.  DEBRIS FROM THE TWO BARNS/GARAGES WAS SPREAD DOWN 
WIND INTO ROSS COUNTY.  FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...ABOUT A 1/2 MILE 
INTO ROSS COUNTY A WINDMILL WAS TWISTED.

A TORNADO ALSO TOUCHDOWN WITH THIS SAME STORM IN SOUTHWESTERN 
FAYETTE COUNTY.  A SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN A FIELD 
NEAR SNOW HILL ROAD AND GREENFIELD SABINA ROAD.

THE DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE F1 
CATEGORY ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 73 MPH TO 
112 MPH.

THE DAMAGE IN FAR WESTERN ROSS COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE 
COUNTY IS CONSISTENT WITH F0 CATEGORY ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH 
WIND SPEEDS 40 TO 72 MPH.

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TIPTON

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
439 PM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004

...DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IS NON-TORNADIC...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY...SOUTH OF MONTEREY NEAR TRUESVILLE...
IS ISOLATED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY HAS DETERMINED THAT
SOME ISOLATED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN SOUTHERN
OWEN COUNTY.  THIS DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT LINE
THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.

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Damage Pictures:
	Brown County -- Looking west from Upper Five Mile West road. Just north of Blue Sky Park road. Metal sheeting from a house to the south. Two story house in background received damage. Note different shade of color on roof. Tornadic damage (F0).
	Brown County -- Same location as above but looking east. Earlier in the day tree limbs completely covered this home. Tornadic damage (F0).
	Brown County -- Two large trees uprooted. They fell to the north. Same location as above. Tornadic damage (F0).
	Fayette County OH -- Creek road south of Washington Court House near Rock Mills. Looking east. Straight-line wind damage.
	Fayette County OH -- Sturdy barn/garage destroyed on SR 753 between Good Hope and Ghormley. Looking west. Tornadic Damage (F1).
	Fayette County OH -- Barn/garage used to be here (SR 753 between Good Hope and Ghormley). Debris from barn/garage scattered with another barn in next picture. It traveled approximately 2 miles before dropped. Looking southeast. Tornadic Damage (F1).
	Fayette County OH / Ross County -- Barn/garage destroyed. Barn/garage from previous link is also in this damage path. The damage trickles into Ross county. Looking southeast. Tornadic Damage (F0-F1).
	Fayette County OH -- Siding of house on Ghormley road is speckled with hail some of the holes support golf ball size hail. Severe Hail damage.