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July 3, 2004
Tornado In Miami County, OH

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1015 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004

...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT STORM DAMAGE IN
SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST MILTON...WAS
THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO OCCURRED AT AROUND 1038 PM ON
JULY 3 2004.

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PATH
LENGTH WAS ABOUT ONE TENTH OF A MILE...WITH A PATH WIDTH OF ABOUT 30
YARDS. DAMAGE TO A DWELLING AND TREES INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO WAS
IN THE F0 CATEGORY OF THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE
IN THE 40 TO 72 MPH RANGE.

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