Rare Southern U.S. Winter Storm; Dangerous Cold Weather For Much of the Eastern U.S.; Critical Fire Weather for Southern California

A rare winter storm impacting the Southern U.S. will move offshore Wednesday morning. Behind the storm, arctic air will continue encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the Nation with only a slow return to normal temperatures expected by the end of the week. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will maintain Critical fire weather conditions in southern California into Thursday. Read More >

Overview

Thunderstorms developed across northwestern Ohio during the afternoon hours of June 5th. A few of these storms developed along a remnant outflow boundary in central Henry county, allowing for one storm south of McClure, OH to briefly produce a EF0 tornado. More details can be found below. No other damage was reported across the Northern Indiana County Warning Area with this event.

Tornado
Radar
Environment

Tornadoes

Tornado - McClure, OH
Henry County, OH

Date	June 5, 2019
Time (Local)	210 pm - 212 pm EDT
EF Rating	EF0
Est. Peak Winds	75
Path Length	0.4 Miles
Max Width	10 Yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: A survey of damage and eyewitness reports confirm a tornado touched down at a residence on Ohio 65, north of County Road J. The eastern portion of a pole barn roof was lifted and deposited on the road just to the east of the barn with smaller debris carried across the road into an adjacent field. A power line and pole were also damaged on the eastern edge of the property. Video footage showed the tornado still on the ground roughly 3 tenths of a mile east of the damage with only dirt and corn stubble noted. No other damage was reported.

Track Map

Downloadable KMZ File

Damage Assessment Viewer

Public Information Statement


Funnel Near Area of Damage Credit: Nick Elchinger	Pole Barn Roof on Road Credit: Henry County OH EMA	Damaged Pole Barn Credit: Henry County OH EMA	Pole Barn Debris into Field Credit: Henry County OH EMA

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Radar

Radar loops of the storm that produced the brief tornado


Reflectivity Loop	Storm Relative Velocity Loop

Environment

A weak cold front was sinking south through the forecast area. this combined with an area of weak convergence allowed for development of thunderstorms across mainly NW Ohio. SBCAPE of 2000-2500 J/KG in place to allow rapid updraft formation. Bulk shear was generally 30 kts or less, and surface-based boundary interactions did help enhance shear locally, especially across Henry county.


Figure 1: Surface Based CAPE at 18Z / 2 PM EDT shows the axis of instability from west-central Indiana through northern Ohio. Surface winds also show the surface boundary extends from near Toledo through Henry County and into west central Indiana.	Figure 2: Note also that the Storm Relative winds suggest strongly convergent flow all along the surface boundary. Time 18Z / 2 PM EDT June 5, 2019.	Figure 3: Surface observations from 18Z / 2 PM EDT June 5, 2019.

Media use of NWS Web News Stories is encouraged!
Please acknowledge the NWS as the source of any news information accessed from this site.

Follow us on Twitter

Follow us on Facebook

Follow us on YouTube

IWX RSS Feed

Rare Southern U.S. Winter Storm; Dangerous Cold Weather For Much of the Eastern U.S.; Critical Fire Weather for Southern California

Brief Tornado in Henry County, OH June 5th 2019