Severe Weather & Tornadoes - September 16, 2010

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 641 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALENA IN DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALENA IN DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO DATE...SEPTEMBER 16TH 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...442 PM EDT TO 443 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...<1/4 MILE BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.177N/82.891W ENDING LAT/LON...40.177N/82.888W * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE * 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 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALENA. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE HOOVER RESERVOIR IN DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO ON SEPTEMBER 16TH 2010. TREE DAMAGE IN THIS LOCATION WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EFO TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 75 MPH. 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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