Tornado near Kilbourne, OH |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 320 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR KILBOURNE IN DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...2 S KILBOURNE IN DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO DATE...02/21/14 ESTIMATED TIME...1254 AM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...80 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1/8 MILE BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.2952N / 82.9657W ENDING LAT/LON...40.2960N / 82.9631W * 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 NEAR KILBOURNE IN DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO ON 02/21/14. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE EDGE OF A FIELD ALONG NORTH OLD STATE ROAD. A LARGE TREE AND BARN SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHEAST...CROSSING NORTH OLD STATE ROAD. A NARROW PATH OF ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN THE FRONT YARD OF A RESIDENCE. THIS HOME SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING A GARAGE DOOR BLOWN IN...LOSS OF SHINGLES AND A COUPLE BROKEN WINDOWS. A NEARBY UTILITY POLE AND TRANSFORMER WERE SNAPPED WITH ELECTRIC LINES ALSO DOWN. FURTHER ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO...A LARGE SPRUCE TREE WAS UPROOTED...AN UNANCHORED STORAGE SHED WAS MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION...AND SEVERAL OTHER TREES WERE DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE ALONG THE TORNADO PATH EXHIBITED A NARROW CONVERGENT PATTERN. 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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Radar from NWS Wilmington OH (KILN) | |||
0.5° Z -- 12:52 AM | 0.5° SRM -- 12:52 AM | ||
0.5° Z -- 12:56 AM | 0.5° SRM -- 12:56 AM | ||