Straight-Line Wind Damage in Butler County

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH ...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE IN MONROE IN EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WEDNESDAY EVENING...JUNE 4 BETWEEN 635 PM AND 645 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE COUNTRY ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD OFF CINCINNATI-DAYTON ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED...AND MANY WERE UPROOTED. SEVERAL HOMES HAD SECTIONS OF SIDING REMOVED ALONG WITH MINOR CHIMNEY DAMAGE. A FEW FENCES WERE ALSO BLOWN OVER. MANY RESIDENTS INTERVIEWED INDICATED THAT THE HIGH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED FOR BETTER THAN FIVE MINUTES. DAMAGE EXTENDED ALONG A MILE PATH THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS ABOUT ONE HALF MILE IN WIDTH. HIGHEST WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH.

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Straight-Line Wind Damage in Butler County - June 4, 2008