December 23rd Wayne, IN Tornado

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

...UPDATED INFORMATION ON TORNADO NEAR FOUNTAIN CITY IN WAYNE
COUNTY INDIANA...

LOCATION...NEAR FOUNTAIN CITY AND BETHEL IN WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA
DATE...12/23/2015
ESTIMATED TIME...4:55 PM EST
MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...77 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS 
PATH LENGTH...3.25 MILES
* 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 FOUNTAIN CITY IN WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA ON 12/23/2015.

A STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN NORTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY
INDIANA...IN COORDINATION WITH WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY. DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR A PROPERTY ALONG EAST FOUNTAIN CITY
PIKE EAST OF FOUNTAIN CITY...IN WHICH SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DESTROYED. SOME OF THE DAMAGE FOLLOWING A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
PATH...ALTHOUGH THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF ROTATION WITHIN THE DEBRIS
PATTERN...WHICH WOULD COINCIDE WITH A WEAK TORNADO.

THE DAMAGE CONTINUED IN A NORTHEAST PATH AND CROSSED ELLIOTT
ROAD AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO BETHEL. 

ADDITIONAL OUTBUILDING DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED AT 2 PROPERTIES ALONG
ELLIOTT ROAD...IN WHICH SMALL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO LARGER BARNS. THE PATH CONTINUED
NORTHEAST TO BETHEL...WHERE A CHIMNEY COLLAPSED AND ROOF DAMAGE
OCCURRED AT A CHURCH IN BETHEL. 

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