March 14th, 2016 Arcanum, OH Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
539 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ARCANUM IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO...

LOCATION...1 SE ARCANUM IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO
DATE...MARCH 14 2016
ESTIMATED START TIME...226 PM EDT
ESTIMATED END TIME...232 PM EDT
ESTIMATED START LOCATION...39.9615 N / 84.5441 W
ESTIMATED END LOCATION...39.9939 N / 84.5397 W
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...2.2 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 OHIO HAS CONFIRMED AN
EF1 TORNADO...ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF ARCANUM IN DARKE COUNTY
OHIO.

DAMAGE WAS FIRST OBSERVED ALONG GRUBBS-REX ROAD. A LARGE GARAGE
HAD ONE OF ITS DOORS PARTIALLY PUSHED INWARD.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED AT A PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH
OF DULL ROAD. A HORSE STABLE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY
WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE SOUTHERNMOST ADDITION TO THIS
STABLE SUFFERED FROM COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF EXTERNAL WALLS...WITH
SOME OF THE WOODEN ANCHOR POSTS COMPLETELY RIPPED FROM THE GROUND.
MINOR DAMAGE TO WALLS...WINDOWS...AND ROOF ORNAMENTATION WAS ALSO
NOTICED ON TWO OTHER OUTBUILDINGS AT THIS LOCATION. A BRICK HOUSE
WAS GENERALLY UNDAMAGED...ASIDE FROM SOME ISOLATED REMOVAL OF
SHINGLES. THROUGHOUT THIS AREA...TREE DAMAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT.
LARGE LIMBS WERE SPREAD ALMOST EVERYWHERE...WITH SEVERAL TREES
DOWNED...AND OTHERS SNAPPED OFF ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. DEBRIS FROM
THE STABLE WAS FOUND DEPOSITED IN TREES IN SEVERAL OTHER PLACES ON
THE PROPERTY.

DEBRIS FROM THE DULL ROAD LOCATION...INCLUDING LARGE PIECES OF
SHEET METAL...WAS SPREAD FOR LONG DISTANCES TO THE NORTH OF THE
PROPERTY. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THIS DEBRIS WAS DEPOSITED
BETWEEN THE DAMAGE AREA AND DULL ROAD.VERY MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS
ALSO OBSERVED ON A BARN LOCATED JUST NORTH OF DULL ROAD.

NUMEROUS PIECES OF DEBRIS WERE FOUND BETWEEN DULL ROAD AND EAST
SOUTH STREET (OHIO STATE ROUTE 49). A FEW PIECES WERE EVEN FOUND
JUST NORTH OF EAST SOUTH STREET. A LACK OF TREES ALONG THIS
SEGMENT OF THE PATH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE EXACT END
POINT OF THE TORNADO. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE TORNADO LIFTED IN
THE VICINITY OF EAST SOUTH STREET.

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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