Adams County Tornado - May 31, 2004

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May 31, 2004
Adams County Tornado

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.

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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

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