Tornadoes in South Central Ohio - April 26, 2007

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2007

...THREE TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN SOUTHERN OHIO...

BROWN COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT THREE
SEPARATE TORNADOES OCCURRED LAST EVENING IN SOUTHERN OHIO. THE FIRST
TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 655 PM NORTHEAST OF MACON IN BROWN COUNTY.
THE DAMAGE RANGED FROM NEAR TRI COUNTY ROAD TO THE MELBLANC AND
STEELE ROAD AREAS. ABOUT 5 TO 10 TREES WERE EITHER
UPROOTED OR WERE SNAPPED OFF TOWARD THE TOPS...WITH ADDITIONAL LARGE
BRANCHES DOWN FROM OTHER TREES. A TRAMPOLINE WAS PICKED UP AND
MOVED...AND A LARGE FRONT PORCH ON A HOME ALONG STEELE ROAD WAS TORN
OFF WITH THE ROOF TOSSED SEVERAL YARDS. LARGE PIECES OF SIDING AND
ROOF FROM AT LEAST ONE BARN WERE CARRIED AT LEAST A HUNDRED YARDS.
OTHER MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED. SUCH DAMAGE WOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE UPPER END OF AN EF0 (ENHANCED FUJITIA SCALE
ZERO) TORNADO...WITH WIND SPEED ESTIMATES ROUGHLY BETWEEN 80 AND 90
MPH.

ADAMS COUNTY...
FURTHER EAST IN ADAMS COUNTY...AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED
IN THE PEEBLES AREA. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS TORNADO OCCURRED
BETWEEN 720 AND 725 PM. WITH THIS TORNADO...A STEEL STRUCTURE
BARN COLLAPSED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 32 AND 41.
FURTHER EAST ALONG ROUTE 32 AND STEAM FURNACE ROAD...AN ENTIRE
ROOF WAS PEELED OFF A HOME. THE HOME THEN SUSTAINED SEVERE
WATER DAMAGE FROM HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. THIS HOME ALSO HAD A
LARGE FRONT PORCH AND BALCONY TORN OFF. IN ADDITION...ONE OF THE
CHIMNEYS HAD COLLAPSED. THERE WERE AGAIN SOME TREES IN THE AREA WHICH
WERE SNAPPED OFF TOWARD THE TOP. THIS DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
LOWER END OF EF1 SCALE DAMAGE...WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR TO
JUST ABOVE 90 MPH. THIS IS JUST ABOVE EF0 DAMAGE.

PIKE COUNTY...
THE SAME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A THIRD TORNADO IN PIKE
COUNTY...NEAR OMEGA. THIS TORNADO SNAPPED TWO SOFTWOOD TREES AT
THEIR BASE...AND LIFTED OFF PORTIONS OF THE ROOFS OF TWO BARNS. THE
GARAGE DOORS TO BOTH BARNS WERE COLLAPSED INWARD. THIS DAMAGE IS
CONSISTENT WITH EF0 SCALE DAMAGE. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN 820 AND 830 PM.

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JDR