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 >

August 28, 2006
Tornado in Auglaize County, Ohio

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
122 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...F0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY...

A DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY EARLIER TODAY AND
AN F0 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW
KNOXVILLE AROUND 10 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING...AUGUST 28TH. THE PATH
LENGTH EXTENDED EAST FOR ABOUT 3/4 MILE AND THE GREATEST WIDTH
WAS AROUND 300 YARDS.

SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED AND MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO NUMEROUS
HOMES. SOME DEBRIS LANDED ON THE RUNWAY AT THE NEIL ARMSTRONG AIRPORT.
THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN F0 TORNADO. F0 WIND SPEEDS RANGE FROM
40 TO 72 MPH.

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