Several Rounds of Severe Weather - August 4-5, 2010

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
843 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OHIO CONDUCTED AN AUGLAIZE
COUNTY STORM DAMAGE SURVEY ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4 2010...

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
OHIO CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH
AUGLAIZE COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY...AUGUST 4TH 2010 AROUND MIDDAY.
PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE
COUNTY PRODUCING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN THE 80 MPH TO 100 MPH
RANGE. THE DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
AUGLAIZE COUNTY. THE MAJORITY OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS
TIME INDICATED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS RESULTED IN SEVERAL BARNS
BEING DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...SEVERAL SILOS WITH MAJOR DAMAGE OR
DESTRUCTION...AN OLD BRICK SCHOOL BEING DESTROYED AND TREES DOWNED.

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