October 24, 2001 Severe Weather

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
242 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0432 AM    VERSAILLES                IN   FLOOD
10/24/01   RIPLEY                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0520 AM    LAWRENCEBURG              IN   FLOOD
10/24/01   DEARBORN                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0747 PM    10 NE VERSAILLES          IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   RIPLEY                         TREES DOWNED ALL ACROSS
                                          NORTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY. 

0747 PM    MILAN                     IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   RIPLEY                         ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE.

0800 PM    GREENVIILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   DARKE                          TREES DOWNED.

0800 PM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   DEARBORN                       TREES DOWNED

0805 PM    VEVAY                     IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   SWITZERLAND                    2 TREES DOWNED.

0808 PM    HOUSTON                   OH   .88 INCH HAIL
10/24/01   SHELBY                         

0811 PM    CVG ASOS                  KY   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   BOONE                          WIND GUST TO 52 KNOTS

0820 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   BUTLER                         NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN.

0825 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   HAMILTON                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED.

0830 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   MIAMI                          NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN

0830 PM    COLD SPRING               KY   58 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   CAMPBELL                       LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
                                          SPOTTER ESTIMATED WINDS OF
                                          50 KNOTS. 

0830 PM    2 S CRITTENDEN            KY   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   GRANT                          SEVERAL TREES
                                          DOWNED...REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER. 

0830 PM    GLENCOE                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   GALLATIN                       NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWNED ON HWY 127 AND
                                          GLENCOE AND US35 

0835 PM    MAINEVILLE                OH   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   WARREN                         ESTIMATED BY SPOTTER.

0837 PM    LEBANON                   OH   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   WARREN                         ESTIMATED BY OFF DUTY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE 

0840 PM    LUDLOW                    KY   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   KENTON                         TREES DOWNED. ALSO
                                          REPORTED IN ELSMERE. 

0845 PM    BELLEFONTAINE             OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   LOGAN                          LARGE TREE DOWNED ON SR
                                          508. LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN
                                          ON SR 57. 

0845 PM    SPRINGFIELD               OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   CLARK                          ONE LARGE TREE AND SEVERAL
                                          LARGE LIMBS DOWNED.

0850 PM    URBANA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   CHAMPAIGN                      LARGE TREE AND TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWNED. 

0854 PM    1 S WILMINGTON            OH   69 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   CLINTON                        MEASURED 60 KNOT GUST AT
                                          WFO ILN 

0859 PM    4 SE WILMINGTON           OH   58 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   CLINTON                        MEASURED 50 KNOT GUST AT
                                          ILN ASOS. 

0910 PM    4 S FALMOUTH              KY   .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01   PENDLETON                      ALSO A TREE BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          FALMOUTH. 

0914 PM    XENIA                     OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   GREENE                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED
                                          COUNTYWIDE. TREE ON A HOUSE
                                          IN XENIA. 

0920 PM    2 S SARDINIA              OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   BROWN                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED OVER
                                          NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY. 

0925 PM    NEAR RICHWOOD             OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   UNION                          LARGE LIMBS

0925 PM    NEAR LONDON               OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   MADISON                        TREES DOWN

0926 PM    JEFFERSONVILLE            OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   FAYETTE                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED FROM
                                          JEFFERSONVILLE TO WASH
                                          COURT HOUSE. 

0930 PM    NEAR BOURNEVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   ROSS                           LARGE LIMBS

0945 PM    SOUTHERN HALF OF COUNTY   OH   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   DELAWARE                       LARGE LIMBS

0958 PM    1 N GROVEPORT             OH   58 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   FRANKLIN                       MEASURED BY SPOTTER ALONG
                                          ROUTE 33 NEAR FAIRFIELD
                                          COUNTY LINE. 

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JWC/SAM

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
622 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2001

...STRAIGHT LINE MICROBURST WINDS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

THE STORMS THAT WENT THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES...
INCLUDING THE ROOF BEING RIPPED OFF OF A HOUSE. AFTER REVIEWING THE
PATTERN OF THE DEBRIS...IT WAS DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
FROM A DOWNBURST WERE THE CAUSE OF THIS DAMAGE. THE ESTIMATED SPEED
OF THE DOWNBURST WINDS WAS FROM 75 TO 85 MPH.

THE CLASSIFICATION OF THIS DOWNBURST IS A MICROBURST AS THE DAMAGE
PATH WAS LESS THAN 2.5 MILES WIDE. DOWNBURSTS THAT CREATE A PATH OF
DAMAGE LARGER THAN 2.5 MILES WIDE ARE CALLED MACROBURSTS. IN EITHER
OF THESE PHENOMENON...SURFACE WINDS CAN EXCEED THAT OF LOW END (F0
AND F1) TORNADOS.

$$

FRANKS

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
333 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2001

...STORMS PRODUCE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE IN DARKE COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIALS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT SEVERE STORMS
THAT MOVED ACROSS DARKE COUNTY WEDNESDAY EVENING PRODUCED DAMAGE
CAUSED BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. THE STORMS CAUSED SCATTERED WIND
DAMAGE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE EAST PART OF THE COUNTY KNOCKING
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED AT
A PROPERTY NEAR GETTYSBURG WHERE TWO BARNS WERE DAMAGED. THE WIND
SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE UP TO 80 MPH IN DARKE COUNTY.

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TIPTON/PADGETT