Rain Showers and Gusty Winds Coming to the Mid-Atlantic; Remaining Unseasonably Warm in the Central U.S.

Low pressure will track slowly northwestward into the Mid-Atlantic region through midweek bringing a risk for excessive rainfall, gusty winds, shallow coastal flooding, rip currents, and large surf. Unseasonably warm to hot temperatures persist in the mid to upper Mississippi Valley and into the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. through Thursday. Read More >

May 10, 2003
Tornado in Mason/Lewis Counties, Kentucky

Tornado in Mason/Lewis Counties, KY

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1229 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2003:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON SURVEYED THE DAMAGE TO THE
NORTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG IN HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO.

THE TYPE AND PATH OF THE DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE DAMAGE WAS A ROOF BLOWN OFF A MOBILE HOME AND
SEVERAL 2 FOOT IN DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE OF THE TRUNK
ON DADE ROAD.  

THE PEAK WIND GUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE DAMAGE IS
ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 70 MPH.

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