Severe Weather & Flooding - June 4, 2014

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1129 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

...TORNADO CONFIRMED SOUTH OF LYNCHBURG IN HIGHLAND COUNTY
OHIO...

LOCATION...SOUTH OF LYNCHBURG IN HIGHLAND COUNTY OHIO
DATE...JUNE 4 2014
ESTIMATED START TIME...340 PM EDT
ESTIMATED END TIME...346 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...4 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.1906N / 83.8202W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.1967N / 83.7439W
* 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 SOUTH OF LYNCHBURG IN HIGHLAND COUNTY OHIO ON JUNE 4
2014.

THE TORNADO APPEARED TO FIRST TOUCH DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD WEST OF
STATE ROUTE 134...SOUTH OF DODSONVILLE. NEXT TO THE
HIGHWAY...MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A FARM BUILDING.
HEAVY TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON BOTH SIDES OF ROUTE 134...SOME OF
WHICH IMPACTED A HOME. AN EYEWITNESS OBSERVED SWIRLING DEBRIS AS
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS
THE PROPERTY OF LYNCHBURG-CLAY SCHOOLS. AN OPEN-ENDED STORAGE SHED
SUSTAINED ROOF REMOVAL AND PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE...ALTHOUGH AN
ADJACENT BARN SAW NO DAMAGE. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DID NOT SUSTAIN
DAMAGE...BUT ONE TREE WAS DOWNED ON ITS SOUTH EDGE. THE HIGH
SCHOOL HAD A GARAGE DOOR BLOWN OUT...INTERIOR CEILING COLLAPSE IN
A NARROW HALLWAY (LIKELY DUE TO WIND ENTERING THE BUILDING)...A
LIGHT POLE BLOWN DOWN...AND MINOR FASCIA DAMAGE. NUMEROUS LARGE
BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED ON THE PROPERTY...SOME OF WHICH IMPACTED
AUTOMOBILES. BLEACHERS...A BACKSTOP...AND OTHER ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT
WERE TOSSED DOWNSTREAM. A PORTABLE TOILET WAS BLOWN OVER IN A
NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. AN EYEWITNESS OBSERVED A FUNNEL OVER THE
SCHOOL. DEBRIS FROM DAMAGE NEAR ROUTE 134 (INCLUDING SHEET METAL)
WAS ALSO STREWN ACROSS THE ATHLETIC FIELDS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF
THE HIGH SCHOOL.

ACROSS DAWSON ROAD...A SINGLE FAMILY HOME SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO 
SHINGLES AND ROOFING. A MOBILE HOME HAD A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER 
UNIT BLOWN IN FROM THE NORTH AND A TRAMPOLINE WAS TOSSED INTO A TREE 
TOWARD THE NORTH. AN OPEN-ENDED...UNANCHORED GARAGE BLEW OVER AND 
COLLAPSED...AND A GENTLEMAN SITTING INSIDE WAS BLOWN OFF HIS CHAIR 
BUT DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURY. NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED IN THIS 
VICINITY...WITH ONE BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR. A NARROW PATH 
WITH HEAVY TREE DAMAGE CLEARLY SHOWED WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO ENTERED THE ADJACENT WOODS.

ALONG DODSON LANE...MORE HEAVY LIMB DAMAGE OCCURRED. ONE LARGE LIMB 
IMPACTED A GARAGE AND TRUCK TO THE WEST OF DODSON LANE...AND ANOTHER 
TREE LIMB WAS BLOWN INTO A HOME ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. TREE 
DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ALONG THE TREE LINE BEHIND THE HOMES ON THE 
EAST SIDE OF DODSON LANE. ON ABERNATHY ROAD...AN UNANCHORED 10X14 
SHED WAS DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS TOSSED APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET 
DOWNSTREAM. OTHER OUTBUILDINGS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE...MORE LIMBS 
WERE DOWNED...AND VINYL FENCING WAS BLOWN OVER. A ROAD SIGN WAS 
TWISTED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON ABERNATHY ROAD. LIMB DAMAGE WAS 
ALSO OBSERVED AT THE EDGES OF FIELDS EAST OF THE ROAD. A NEIGHBOR 
CLEARLY OBSERVED THE TORNADO AS IT CROSSED THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL 
TREE LIMB DAMAGE OCCURRED ON GIBLER ROAD. THE LAST NOTED DAMAGE 
OCCURRED TO TREE BRANCHES ALONG THE TREE LINE EAST OF GIBLER ROAD.

TREE DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY SPORADIC WITH VERY FEW TREES COMPLETELY 
TOPPLED OR BROKEN AT THE TRUNK. IN ADDITION...WELL-CONSTRUCTED 
STRUCTURES ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE...LEADING TO THE RATING OF 
THIS TORNADO AS AN EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH. GRATITUDE IS 
EXTENDED TO THE HIGHLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SHERIFF'S 
OFFICE...LYNCHBURG-CLAY SCHOOLS...AND THE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR 
INTERVIEWS AND ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING THIS SURVEY.

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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SNYDER/HATZOS