Strong Wind & Severe Weather - October 31, 2013

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
346 PM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013

...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF MIAMI COUNTY
OHIO...

LOCATION...5 MILES NW OF ST. PARIS IN MIAMI COUNTY OHIO
DATE...OCTOBER 31 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...1138 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1/3 OF A MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.181830N / 84.032428W 
ENDING LAT/LON...40.183005N / 84.026958W
* 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 IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF MIAMI COUNTY OHIO ON
OCTOBER 31 2013...AT APPROXIMATELY 11:38 PM EDT.

A GROUND SURVEY ALONG LENA-PALESTINE ROAD IN MIAMI COUNTY REVEALED A 
BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO OCCURRED...DEMOLISHING A BARN AND DAMAGING 
ANOTHER.

ANALYSIS OF A CORN FIELD ON THE WEST SIDE OF LENA-PALESTINE ROAD
REVEALED A CLEAR PATH OF HEAVILY DAMAGED CORN STALKS LEANING OR
BROKEN OFF TO TO THE NORTH. JUST BEYOND THIS PATH OF DAMAGED
CORN...AND ACROSS LENA-PALESTINE ROAD...WAS A LARGE BARN THAT WAS
DESTROYED...WITH DEBRIS STREWN TO THE NORTH AND EVEN UPWIND IN SOME 
INSTANCES OF THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO. IN PARTICULAR...A 
LARGE PORTION OF BARN ROOF WAS LIFTED AND THROWN UPWIND INTO THE TOP 
OF A NEARBY LARGE TREE...STRONGLY SUGGESTING A GROUND BASED 
CIRCULATION. A CORN FIELD BEHIND THE BARN ALSO SHOWED SIMILAR DAMAGE 
PATTERNS TO THE FIELD ON THE WEST SIDE OF LENA-PALESTINE ROAD. A 
SECOND BARN NORTH OF THE DESTROYED BARN SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE. MUD 
SPATTER WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON THE SOUTH AND EAST FACING SIDES OF 
STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY FURTHER CONFIRMING A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO 
WHICH WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST. 

A LARGE TREE WAS ALSO SPLIT NEAR THE DEMOLISHED BARN. THE DAMAGE
IS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 75 MPH.

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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