Severe Weather - February 6, 2008

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

...DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR
STORMS OF FEBRUARY 6 2008...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON CONDUCTED DAMAGE SURVEYS
IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS ON THURSDAY. THESE SURVEYS WERE DONE ON
DAMAGE WHICH RESULTED FROM STORMS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON FEBRUARY 6. INDICATIONS ARE THAT ALL STORM RELATED
DAMAGE IN THE WILMINGTON NWS FORECAST AREA WAS THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.

BROWN COUNTY...

A DAMAGE LOCATION IN ABERDEEN WAS SURVEYED IN SOUTHEASTERN BROWN
COUNTY. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A MOTEL...APARTMENT BUILDING AND CHURCH.
A NUMBER OF CARS ALSO HAD THEIR WINDOWS DAMAGED. IN
ADDITION...A NUMBER OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR BLOWN DOWN. THE
WINDS WITHI THE STORM IN THIS AREA WERE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 80 TO
90 MPH.

IN AN AREA JUST EAST AND NORTHEAST OF FIVEMILE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO FARM BUILDINGS...BARNS WERE BLOWN OVER AND
GRAIN SILOS WERE DESTROYED. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE OCCURRED
TO SEVERAL HOUSES. ALSO TREES WERE UPROOTED. WINDS OF 80 TO ABOUT
100 MPH WERE ESTIMATED WITH THE STORMS IN THIS AREA.

ADAMS COUNTY...

DAMAGE IN THE CHERRY FORK AREA OF ADAMS COUNTY INCLUDED THE ROOF
BLOWN OFF A GYMNASIUM AND DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF HOMES. SEVERAL BARNS
WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED AND A NUMBER OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE
DAMAGE RESULTED FROM WINDS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 80 TO 90 MPH.

DAMAGE IN THE MANCHESTER AREA OF ADAMS COUNTY INCLUDED TREES DOWN
AND A FEW MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE RESULTED FROM WINDS
ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 70 TO 80 MPH.

CLERMONT COUNTY...

IN THE BETHEL AREA DAMAGE INCLUDED SEVERAL BARNS DESTROYED AND A
LARGE NUMBER OF TREES AND SOME POWER POLES DOWNED. A FEW OF THE TREES
FELL ON STRUCTURES. A 25 FOOT BLOCK WALL WAS BLOWN INTO A GROCERY
STORE...A PLATE GLASS WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT...AND A PORCH WAS SEVERELY
DAMAGED. SOME OF THE DAMAGE RESULTED FROM WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE
AROUND 80 TO 100 MPH.

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