Tornado Confirmed in Pike County, OH - June 13, 2022

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
140 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022

...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PIKE COUNTY JUNE 13TH...

Start Location...1 SW Kincaid Springs in Pike County OH
End Location...1 ESE Kincaid Springs in Pike County OH
Date...06/13/2022
Estimated Beginning Time...07:08 PM EDT
Estimated Ending Time...07:11 PM EDT
Maximum EF-Scale Rating...EF1
Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...90 mph
Maximum Path Width...200 yards
Path Length...1.9 miles
Beginning Lat/Lon...39.0942 / -83.2835
Ending Lat/Lon...39.0901 / -83.249
* Fatalities...0
* Injuries...0

...Summary...
The National Weather Service in Wilmington OH has confirmed an
EF1 tornado in Pike County, Ohio. This tornado occurred on June
13th, 2022.

Based on aerial imagery provided by the Aviation Section of the
Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Emergency Management
Agency, wind damage seen south of the Latham Area along Dry Bone
Road, State Route 124, and Grassy Fork Road was likely caused by a
brief tornado. A path of enhanced damage from west of Dry Bone
Road to east of Grassy Fork Road is noted in the aerial imagery
indicative of this weak tornado. This corridor of damage is
embedded within a much larger field of wind damage affecting large
swaths of Pike County in general.

The more concentrated corridor of damage does have a convergent
nature to the felled trees, rather defined lateral bounds, and
episodes of debris thrown upwind. Most notably, a garage which was
heavily damaged on Grassy Fork Road has some of its debris thrown
upwind of storm motion. Several corridors of extensive tree
damage between Grassy Fork Road and State Route 124 have a clear
convergent pattern in the felled trees. Damage in these areas is
consistent with wind speeds around 90 mph. The tornado likely
lifted in the hills east of Grassy Fork Road, but the line of
storms and significant storm outflow continued to produce
widespread straight line wind damage in excess of 70 mph across
much of Pike County, including some localized areas possibly
approaching 80 mph.

The National Weather Service would like to thank the Pike County
Emergency Management Agency for coordination and assistance, the
Aviation Section of the Ohio State Highway Patrol for providing
aerial imagery of difficult-to-reach damage, and the Ohio
Emergency Management Agency for assistance in completing this
survey.

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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