Straight-Line Wind Damage in Butler County

Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. 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.

Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

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