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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 543 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CLINTON AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES IN OHIO... A DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLLABORATION WITH CLINTON AND HIGHLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DETERMINED THAT THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY 26 JUNE 2015 WAS CAUSED BY A MICROBURST /STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS/. STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE BEGINNING NEAR NEW VIENNA IN SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY SPREAD OUT TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO HIGHLAND COUNTY...AFFECTING AREAS FROM NEAR LEESBURG TO SAMANTHA. THE DETERMINATION OF STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS IS BASED OFF A GROUND SURVEY OF OBSERVABLE DAMAGE...EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AND AVAILABLE RADAR DATA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT A TWO STORY HOME ON LEEKA ROAD IN NEW VIENNA WHERE THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WAS BLOWN OFF. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON BERNARD ROAD TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LEEKA ROAD...INCLUDING THE ROOF BEING BLOW OFF A MOBILE HOME. BASED ON THE DAMAGE...WINDS THAT AFFECTED THIS AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 80 TO 90 MPH. TREE DAMAGE...INCLUDING THOSE THAT WERE SNAPPED...WAS COMMON FROM NEW VIENNA EAST-SOUTHEAST TO NEAR LEESBURG AND THEN DOWN TOWARD SAMANTHA. THE DAMAGED TREES AND CROPS THAT WERE OBSERVED WERE GENERALLY POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION...TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. $$ |
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