Wilmington, OH
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EF0 Tornado near Rising Sun, Indiana |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 336 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2020 ...SECOND TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CENTRAL OHIO COUNTY INDIANA ON APRIL 8TH 2020... START LOCATION...5.5 MILES WNW RISING SUN IN OHIO COUNTY IN END LOCATION.....1 MILES SSW OF RISING SUN IN OHIO COUNTY IN DATE...........................APR 8 2020 ESTIMATED STARTING TIME........10:18 PM EDT ESTIMATED ENDING TIME..........10:22 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING........EF-0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH.............200 YARDS PATH LENGTH....................5.25 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON..............38.9580N / 84.9579W ENDING LAT/LON.................38.9372N / 84.8640W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES.....0 ...SUMMARY... A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE 7300 BLOCK OF SALEM RIDGE ROAD AND STRETCHED 5.25 MILES TO THE EAST NEAR RISING SUN. DAMAGE ALONG THIS PATH WAS WEAKER THAN THE TORNADO IN WESTERN OHIO COUNTY, WITH DAMAGE BECOMING MORE DIFFUSE AND SPARSE AS THE STORM HEADED EAST. DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING AND POWER POLES AND TREES OCCURRED. THESE FINDINGS WERE SUPPORTED BY PHOTO AND MAPPING ASSISTANCE FROM OHIO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ |
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