Straight-Line Wind Confirmed - Clinton/Fayette/Highland Counties, OH

Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies this Weekend

A Pacific storm and atmospheric river will impact the Pacific Northwest states and northern Rockies this weekend, bringing locally heavy low elevations rain and heavy high elevation snow in the mountains. By Sunday over the Interior Northwest, rain combined with snowmelt will increase the risk of flood hazards. Flood Watches are in effect. Read More >

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. $$ BINAU