May 26th, 2015- Tornado in Beavercreek and Scattered Damaging Winds

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 1243 AM EDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BEAVERCREEK IN GREENE COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...BEAVERCREEK IN GREENE COUNTY OHIO DATE...MAY 26, 2015 ESTIMATED START TIME...516 PM EDT ESTIMATED END TIME...517 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...70 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.6968N / 84.1031W ENDING LAT/LON...39.7027N / 84.0952W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...2 * 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 BEAVERCREEK IN GREENE COUNTY OHIO ON MAY 26, 2015. A DAMAGE SURVEY COMPLETED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE GREENE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR AND BEAVERCREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN GREENE COUNTY. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AT THE GREENE CROSSING SHOPPING PLAZA ON INDIAN RIPPLE ROAD. AT LEAST 5 CARS WERE LIFTED AND ROLLED/DAMAGED...WITH THE 2 INJURIES REPORTEDLY HAVING OCCURRED IN 2 OF THE VEHICLES WHICH WERE ROLLED. AS MANY AS 22 CARS IN THE PARKING LOT AT GREENE CROSSING PLAZA WERE DAMAGED...WITH MOST OF THE DAMAGE BEING BLOWN OUT WINDOWS. ADDITIONAL ROOF...WINDOW AND AWNING DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A RESTAURANT BUILDING...AS WELL AS TO THE STRIP MALL WITHIN THE PLAZA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS SHATTERED WINDOWS...AS WELL AS A PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF A BRICK ROOF FACADE AT FITWORKS...ALONG WITH A ROOFTOP HVAC UNIT BEING PUSHED OFF THE ROOF. THE DAMAGE TO CARS AND THE ROOF DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH 100 TO 105 MPH WIND...OR EF1 DAMAGE. DAMAGE CONTINUED INTO THE SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE GREENE CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER...WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES INCLUDING UPLIFT OF ROOFING MATERIAL...ALL AT OR LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED. THERE WAS CONTINUED EVIDENCE OF DEBRIS BACKSPLATTER ALONG ROCKLEDGE...ELLEN...VINELAND AND WALBRIDGE STREETS...WHICH IS CONDUCIVE WITH TORNADO DAMAGE. SO WHILE DAMAGE WAS STILL INDICATIVE OF A TORNADO...THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE WAS SLIGHTLY WEAKER IN THE SUBDIVISION...IN THE 80 MPH OR EF0 RANGE. WHILE THERE WAS ADDITIONAL STORM DAMAGE EAST OF I-675...DAMAGE TO THESE SUBDIVISIONS WAS MORE MINOR AND SPOTTY...WITH NO SOUND EVIDENCE OF BACKSPLATTER/ROTATION. DAMAGE FROM I-675 NORTHEAST TO NEAR SHAKERTOWN ROAD WAS ATTRIBUTED TO STRAIGHT LINE WIND. 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. $$ JDR