Adams County Tornado - May 31, 2004

Areas of Extreme Heat and Fire Weather in the Northwest U.S.; Heavy Rain in the West and South-central U.S.

Extreme heat will continue in the interior Northwest into midweek before finally waning. Hot temperatures, dry, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Great Basin, Rockies, and central/southern Plains. An atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and strong winds to southwest Alaska. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 900 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2004 ...F1 TORNADO DAMAGE FOUND IN ADAMS COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT STORM DAMAGE ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF PEEBLES IN ADAMS COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. THE TORNADO OCCURRED ON MAY 31 2004 AT ABOUT 130 AM. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG A 500 YARD LONG PATH THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET WIDE. NUMEROUS TREES ON THE DAMAGE TRACK WERE UPROOTED...TOPPED AND TWISTED. A LONG FENCE WAS ALSO DESTROYED. THE DAMAGE IN ADAMS COUNTY WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE F1 CATEGORY ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WIND SPEEDS RANGING FROM 73 MPH TO 112 MPH. $$ CONIGLIO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1037 AM EDT THU JUN 03 2004 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0126 AM TORNADO 2 SSW PEEBLES 38.92N 83.42W 05/31/2004 F1 ADAMS OH NWS STORM SURVEY 0635 PM TORNADO 5 SE SABINA 39.44N 83.57W 05/27/2004 F0 FAYETTE OH TRAINED SPOTTER SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF OPEN FIELD $$