Two Tornadoes - August 20, 2009

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
532 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009

...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR KINGSTON IN ROSS COUNTY OHIO...

LOCATION...1 SSE KINGSTON IN ROSS COUNTY OHIO
DATE...AUGUST 20TH 2009
ESTIMATED TIME...420 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 TO 70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...20 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.25 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.4438 N / 82.9022 W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.4444 N / 82.9001 W

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR KINGSTON IN ROSS COUNTY OHIO ON AUGUST 20TH 2009.

BASED UPON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EYEWITNESSES...IT WAS
DETERMINED THAT A BRIEF AND WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG DRY
RUN ROAD ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON...AND ABOUT
ONE MILE NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 180. THE TORNADO ENTERED A CORN
FIELD AND TRAVELED A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE LIFTING.

WHILE MINOR CROP DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE CORN FIELD ADJACENT TO DRY
RUN ROAD...THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO REPORT.

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FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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