Tornado North of Bloomingburg, OH - May 25, 2011

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
321 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...TORNADO CONFIRMED 5.4 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGBURG IN FAYETTE
COUNTY OHIO...

LOCATION...5.4 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGBURG IN FAYETTE COUNTY OHIO
DATE...MAY 26 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...126 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...120 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1 MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.68 / 83.42W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.68 / 83.40W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* 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 5.4 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGBURG IN FAYETTE COUNTY OHIO ON MAY
26 2011.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF YATESVILLE-WISSLER
RD... APRROXIMATELY 0.9 MILES WEST OF DANVILLE ROAD. THE FLAT
METAL ROOF OF A SMALL BARN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CIRCULATION WAS
PEELED BACK TOWARD THE WEST... AND STREWN FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS. THE
TORNADO THEN LIFTED BRIEFLY BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN IMMEDIATELY
SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF YATESVILLE-WISSLER RD AND
DANVILLE RD. A 20X20 FOOT SECTION OF ROOFING WAS REMOVED FROM A
BARN AT THIS LOCATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CIRCULATION... WHICH
WAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE BARN ROOF. THIS DEBRIS WAS STREWN ABOUT
100 YARDS TO THE EAST. A LARGE TREE IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THIS SAME
INTERSECTION WAS ALSO DOWNED TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. THE BASE
OF THIS TREE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET IN DIAMETER. THE OVERALL
WIND FLOW AT THE SURFACE OUTSIDE OF THIS TORNADO WAS FROM THE
WEST-SOUTHWEST TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN.

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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