Tornadoes in Auglaize and Mercer Counties

Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 250 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006 ...FOLLOW UP ON TWO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS CONFIRMED IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... UPON EXAMINATION OF STORM DAMAGE IN BOTH MERCER AND AUGLAIZE COUNTIES FROM THE STORMS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS ON DAMAGE DETAILS AND DETERMINED CAUSE OF DAMAGE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S STORM WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT TWO WEAK TORNADOES ALSO OCCURRED. A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED IN NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY BETWEEN ROCKFORD AND MENDON....IMMEDIATELY WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 127. A NEWER EQUIPMENT BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THIS LOCATION... WITH LARGE DEBRIS SCATTERED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS. ELSEWHERE IN ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST MERCER COUNTY...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN...ALONG WITH ROOF DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE NEAR HIGHWAY 127 AND SHELLY ROAD WAS DETERMINED TO BE F0 APPROACHING F1 TORNADIC DAMAGE. A SECOND WEAK TORNADO OCCURRED IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY JUST EAST OF WAPAKONETA. WHILE SCATTERED ROOF AND LARGE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED THROUGH SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGH THE COUNTY...THE CAUSE OF DAMAGE JUST EAST OF WAPAKONETA WAS DUE TO AN F0 TORNADO. THE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR U.S. 33 AND INTERSTATE 75. THIS TORNADO WAS PRELIMINARYLY RATED AN F0 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO AROUND 73 MPH. ROOF DAMAGE AND GUSTS CARRYING LARGE DEBRIS UP TO 200 YARDS WERE OBSERVED. LIGHT POLES WERE SNAPPED AND LARGE SECTIONS OF ROOFING WERE UPLIFTED AND SCATTERED IN NEW KNOXVILLE...WHILE ADDITIONAL TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FROM JUST EAST OF SAINT MARYS TO WAPAKONETA. $$