Straight-Line Wind & Tornado in Hamilton 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 ...WEAK TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE IN NEWTOWN IN EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A WEAK TORNADO ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...JUNE 4 BETWEEN 745 AND 750 AM. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS BROKEN ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OF NEWTOWN...SUGGESTING THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY A FEW TIMES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE EITHER BROKEN OFF OR UPROOTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER TO THE NORTHWEST OF CLEAR CREEK PARK. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS CENTERED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF STATE ROUTE 32 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TURPIN LANE. SEVERAL METAL AWNINGS AT A BUSINESS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ROUTE 32 WERE THROWN ACROSS THE ROAD AND LANDED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A NURSERY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROUTE 32. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AT THE NURSERY INCLUDED A PORTABLE TOILET BEING THROWN OVER A CEMENT SOIL BIN AND LANDING IN THE PARKING LOT AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. THE OWNER OF THE NURSERY WAS LOCATED IN A TRUCK IN AN ADJACENT FIELD AND WITNESSED ROTATION IN THE CLOUDS AND THE TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHING DOWN. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT HIS TRUCK WAS SHIFTED SIDEWAYS SLIGHTLY BY THE WINDS. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN MOUND VIEW PARK TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE NURSERY. A BROKEN DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED ABOUT 1.5 MILES THROUGH THIS AREA. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN HYDE PARK FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING...JUNE 4 WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A FEW LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED WITH BRANCHES BROKEN OFF ALONG ERIE AVENUE JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH DELTA AVENUE. JUST EAST OF THIS AREA...NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED IN AULT PARK. THE WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 65 MPH.

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 Hamilton County - June 4, 2008