Tornado Confirmed Near Christiansburg, OH - June 11, 2023

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
309 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2023

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 11TH TORNADO EVENT...

...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CHRISTIANSBURG IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY OH...

START LOCATION...CHRISTIANSBURG IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY OH
END LOCATION...1 NNW CHRISTIANSBURG IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY OH
DATE...06/11/2023
ESTIMATED TIME...07:35 PM EDT
ESTIMATED END TIME...07:36 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...125.0 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.8 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.0534 / -84.0233
ENDING LAT/LON...40.0653 / -84.026
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

...SUMMARY...
IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON, OHIO
CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN RELATION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ON SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 11TH.  

THE SURVEY FOUND A SWATH OF CONCENTRATED AND RATHER EXTENSIVE 
TREE DAMAGE LIKELY CAUSED BY A WEAK TORNADO THROUGH THE EAST SIDE
OF THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANSBURG. THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG 
SOUTH LINCOLN STREET WITH A FEW LIMBS DOWN, AND FROM THERE AS THE 
TORNADO INCREASED IN INTENSITY A LITTLE, THE TREE DAMAGE BECOME 
MORE EXTENSIVE ALONG BOTH NORTH LINCOLN STREET AND NORTH MONROE 
STREET BETWEEN PIKE STREET AND EAST 4TH STREET. HERE, NUMEROUS 
LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED OFF WITH MOST TREES ALONG THESE STREETS
EXPERIENCING SOME DAMAGE. AS THE TORNADO EXITED CHRISTIANSBURG ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN ALONG SOUTH ELM TREE ROAD, TREE DAMAGE 
BECAME LESS CONCENTRATED, BUT LARGE LIMBS WERE STILL DOWNED 
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH ELM TREE ROAD. THE 
TORNADO LIKELY LIFTED IN AN OPEN FIELD BETWEEN SOUTH ELM TREE ROAD
AND NORTH BOLLINGER ROAD. 

DAMAGE ALONG THE TORNADO PATH SUGGESTS A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 
ESTIMATED AT 75 MPH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHAMPAIGN 
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR COORDINATION AND ASSISTANCE
IN THE COMPLETION OF 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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SB/MC/KE