PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
814 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2020

...NON-TORNADIC DAMAGE FOUND IN CLINTON, FAYETTE, AND HIGHLAND
COUNTIES...

WITH ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FROM THE CLINTON COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY, THE FAYETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY,
AND THE HIGHLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, A NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THESE THREE
COUNTIES REVEALED THAT STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF TREE AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

SPECIFICALLY, THE SURVEY FOCUSED ALONG CAREYTOWN ROAD NEAR 
LEESBURG IN CLINTON COUNTY. HERE, TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO BE NON-
TORNADIC IN NATURE AND ESTIMATED NEAR 70 MPH.  

IN HIGHLAND COUNTY, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY NEAR DANVILLE, THE
CITY OF HILLSBORO, AND ON MILLER LANE NEAR NEW MARKET. ALL OF THIS
DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE NON-TORNADIC IN NATURE, AND ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. 

IN FAYETTE COUNTY, THE LOCATION OF A LARGE DUST CLOUD THAT WAS
CAPTURED ON VIDEO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 22 AND JAMISON
ROAD WAS SURVEYED WITH NO DAMAGE FOUND. 

IN THESE COUNTIES AND IN MANY OTHERS ON JUNE 10TH, LARGE DUST 
SWIRLS WERE CAPTURED AND REPORTED AS POSSIBLE TORNADOES ON THE 
LEADING EDGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE PHENOMENA, 
COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS "GUSTNADOES" ARE SHALLOW, SHORT- LIVED, AND 
GENERALLY VERY WEAK VERTICALLY ORIENTED VORTICES THAT ARE OFTEN 
FOUND ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM GUST FRONTS. 
IN THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER WHEN FIELDS ARE FRESH PLANTED AND 
DRY, LARGE AMOUNTS OF DUST ARE LIFTED BY THESE "GUSTNADOES" WITH A
REMARKABLY SIMILAR APPEARANCE AS TORNADOES. THESE "GUSTNADOES" 
ARE NOT TYPICALLY CONNECTED TO THE CLOUD BASE, WHEREAS TORNADOES 
ARE.

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BINAU