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August 9, 2000
Tornado in Wheelersburg, OH

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
549 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2000

...TORNADO (F1) CONFIRMED IN WHEELSBURG IN SCIOTO COUNTY...

AT 750 PM LAST EVENING AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN WHEELERSBURG, OHIO...
WHICH IS LOCATED EAST OF PORTSMOUTH IN SCIOTO COUNTY.  THE TORNADO
KNOCKED TWO RAIL CARS OFF THE TRACKS...DAMAGED A FEW HOMES AND
KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS TREES.  THE TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS SPOTTY IN
NATURE AND WAS EMBEDDED IN COUNTY WIDE STRAIGHT-LINE DAMAGE.

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TIPTON

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
740 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WEST PORTSMOUTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WHEELERSBURG...
  WEST PORTSMOUTH...
  SCIOTODALE...
  PORTSMOUTH...
  LUCASVILLE...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

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DIAN-REED

	NWS Wilmington WSR-88D Doppler radar 0.5 degree reflectivity shows severe thunderstorms near the Ohio River from west of Cincinnati to east of Portsmouth.
	NWS Wilmington WSR-88D Doppler radar storm total precipitation estimates show up to 6 inches of rain in parts of Northern Kentucky.
	NWS Wilmington WSR-88D Doppler radar reflectivity cross section shows storm tilt and an elevated core, indicating potential for large hail and damaging winds.