Heavy Rains from the Plains to the East; Fire Weather Risk in the Desert Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains through Saturday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will spread east into the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid Atlantic and Northeast. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds will continue to support an elevated fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest. Read More >

A Look Back at the 2008 Wayne County Tornado

Official National Weather Service Assessment:

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM CONSISTING OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SURVEYED DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF EF-2 OCCURRED. PEAK WINDS WERE NEAR 130 MPH.

THE TORNADO ENTERED WAYNE COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MASSINGALE AND PLEASANT RIDGE ROADS...OR ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AT THE CLINTON/WAYNE LINE. TORNADO DAMAGE EXTENDED CONTINUOUSLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE END OF OLD SPORTSMAN CLUB ROAD WHERE A TOBACCO BARN WAS DESTROYED.

NEARLY 40 STRUCTURES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 2 WELL TIED DOWN AND ANCHORED MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED WITH DEBRIS INCLUDING STEEL I-BEAMS SPREAD HUNDREDS OF YARDS AWAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS. MANY BARNS WERE FLATTENED INCLUDING 2 STEEL FRAME BUILDINGS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF BRICK HOMES WHICH SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE AND WINDOW BREAKAGE.

THERE WAS ALSO CONSIDERABLE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ADJACENT TO
THE TORNADO TRACK ON IT`S SOUTHERN FLANK. DAMAGE IN THE MONTICELLO CITY PARK CONSISTING OF A DOZEN OR SO TREES BLOWN OVER WAS MOST LIKELY DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

TORNADO RATING: EF-2
MAX WIND SPEED: NEAR 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH   : 7.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH    : MAX 400 YARDS
INJURIES      : 1 MINOR
FATALITIES    : NONE
TIME OF TOUCHDOWN: 150 PM EDT (ENTERED FROM CLINTON COUNTY)
TIME OF DISSIPATION: 201 PM EDT (ESTIMATED BY RADAR)
BEGIN LAT/LON: 36.77677N/85.01349W
END LAT/LON: 36.80784N/84.88715W

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