Tornado Confirmed Near Tipp City, OH - June 11, 2023

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
316 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2023

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

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR TIPP CITY IN MIAMI COUNTY OH...

START LOCATION...2 S TIPP CITY IN MIAMI COUNTY OH
END LOCATION...2 SSE TIPP CITY IN MIAMI COUNTY OH
DATE...06/11/2023
ESTIMATED BEGINNING TIME...07:23 PM EDT
ESTIMATED END TIME...7:24 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150.0 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.6 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.9326 / -84.176
ENDING LAT/LON...39.9362 / -84.1657
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

...SUMMARY...
IN COOPERATION WITH THE MIAMI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY,
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON, OH SURVEYED A SHORT
PATH OF MINOR DAMAGE IN RELATION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH OCCURRED ON SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 11TH.

THE SURVEY REVEALED A PATH OF DAMAGE LIKELY CAUSED BY A BRIEF 
TORNADO BEGINNING ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH TIPP-COWLESVILLE ROAD 
WHERE A DETACHED GARAGE HAD PART OF ITS ROOF LIFTED AND REMOVED, 
WITH CONCENTRATED TREE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PROPERTY.
SOME ROOFING MATERIAL WAS CARRIED ACROSS SOUTH TIPP-COWLESVILLE 
ROAD INTO ADJACENT FIELDS, APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS DOWNSTREAM. ON 
THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH TIPP-COWLESVILLE ROAD, A GROVE OF TREES 
SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE WITH LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED AND BROKEN OFF. 
THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARD TIPP CANAL ROAD, WHERE
IT LIKELY LIFTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD IN AN OPEN FIELD. 
HERE, TREES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE DISTANCE CLEARLY 
HAD BEEN SNAPPED AND BROKEN OFF NEAR THE TOP. 

THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 70 MPH. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MIAMI COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR COORDINATION WITH 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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