Straight-Line Wind & Tornado in Dearborn 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 ...EF0 TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN FAR SOUTHERN DEARBORN COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF AURORA INDIANA IN FAR SOUTHERN DEARBORN COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. THE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG COLE ROAD ABOUT HALF A MILE SOUTH OF US ROUTE 50...MAINLY CONFINED TO A TRAILER PARK JUST WEST OF COLE ROAD. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON JUNE 4 AT ABOUT 600 PM. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED. MINOR ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO HOMES AND TRAILERS AS WELL. SOME ROOFS WERE NEARLY LIFTED OFF OF THE TRAILERS...SUGGESTING SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS WELL. SKIRTING WAS BLOWN AWAY FROM NUMEROUS TRAILERS AS WELL. SOME TRAILERS WERE ALSO DAMAGED DUE TO THE IMPACT OF FALLING TREES. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS OF 65 TO 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR AURORA WAS SURVEYED IN DEARBORN COUNTY. THE DAMAGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...WHICH OCCURRED BETWEEN 605 AND 610 PM ON JUNE 4. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED...UPROOTED...OR SPLIT OFF. SOME OF THE TREES WERE VERY LARGE AND HEALTHY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SOME HOMES AND GARAGES. SOME TREES AND LARGE LIMBS FELL ON HOUSES AND CARS AS WELL. WIND SPEEDS IN THIS AREA WERE ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH. THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS SUSTAINING STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT DEARBORN COUNTY. WHILE MUCH OF IT OCCURRED DURING THE EVENING OF JUNE 4...SOME DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 3.

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

Straight-Line Wind & Tornado in Dearborn County - June 4, 2008