December 23rd Arcanum, OH Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015

...ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CONFIRMED TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF ARCANUM
IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO...

LOCATION...2 EAST ARCANUM IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO
DATE...12/23/2015
ESTIMATED TIME...5:12 PM EST
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...77 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...20 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...50 YARDS
* 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 2 MILES EAST OF ARCANUM IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO ON
12/23/2015.

A DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED NEAR STATE ROUTE 49 EAST OF ARCANUM
CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AND LIFTED UP THE
ROOF OF A LARGE METAL BUILDING...LOFTING A PORTION OF THE ROOF
ONTO A NEARBY CAR AND SCATTERING DEBRIS ALONG THE PROPERTY.

WITH SOME OF THE DEBRIS SHOWING EVIDENCE OF ROTATION...AN EF0
TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED AT THIS LOCATION. 

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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JDR