Wilmington, OH
Weather Forecast Office
Franklin County, Indiana Tornado |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 126 PM EST FRI NOV 26 2004 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OHIO HAS CONFIRMED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA NEAR ANDERSONVILLE. A STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOUND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND BUILDINGS NEAR ANDERSONVILLE...ALONG COUNTY LINE...SANES CREEK...AND KEAL ROADS. ONE HOME WAS MOVED 3 FEET OFF ITS FOUNDATION. THE ROOF WAS TORN OFF AND DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED FOR HUNDREDS OF YARDS ACROSS A FARM FIELD. AN ADJACENT BARN WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL OTHER HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE...AND LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED. A SHED WAS MOVED 30 FEET TO THE NORTH...COLLIDING WITH A NEARBY TREE THAT FELL TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN GIVEN AN F1 RATING ON THE FUJITA TORNADO DAMAGE SCALE. THIS COINCIDES WITH WINDS BETWEEN 73 MPH AND 112 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH FOR THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES...WITH THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE ABOUT 100 FEET. $$ CONIGLIO |
Vigorous late autumn low pressure moved up the Ohio Valley toward Wilmington, Ohio. Though instability was marginal ahead of the low, strong wind fields aloft provided enough wind shear to produce rotating thunderstorms, one of which produced an F1 tornado over far northwest Franklin County, Indiana. | |
Downed trees and torn aluminum sheeting indicate F1 damage. | More uprooted trees show F1 damage. |
Home pushed a couple feet off its foundation shows F1 damage. | Felled barn shows F1 damage. |
Debris was scattered hundreds of yards across a farm field. |
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Wilmington, OH
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177
937-383-0031
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