Straight-Line Wind Damage in Brown and Clermont Counties

Excessive Rainfall and Tropical Storm in the South; Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest

Excessive rainfall may produce considerable, potentially life-threatening, flooding across the lower Mississippi River Valley and central Great Lakes region through tonight. Tropical Storm Arthur will move northeastward along the Texas coast today and then move inland over southwestern Louisiana by tonight. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is expected across portions of Illinois and Indiana. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH ...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN CLERMONT AND NORTHERN BROWN COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE IN GOSHEN AND WAYNE TOWNSHIPS IN CLERMONT COUNTY AND IN PERRY TOWNSHIP IN BROWN COUNTY WERE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DAMAGE VIEWED INCLUDED LOSS OF LARGE SECTIONS OF ROOF SHINGLES...A GARAGE DOOR BLOWN IN...MANY LARGE TREES EITHER SPLIT OR UPROOTED... WITH SOME TREES CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOMES. THE WORST SEVERE HOME DAMAGE COINCIDED WITH THE LOCATION WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF FALLEN TREES...IN GOSHEN TOWNSHIP IN CLERMONT COUNTY. DAMAGE IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP OCCURRED MAINLY NEAR AND NORTH OF STONELICK STATE PARK. THIS DAMAGE CONSISTED OF LARGE TREES EITHER SPLIT OR WITH LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...AS WELL AS A LARGE MOVABLE SIGN BEING TOSSED ACROSS THE ROAD INTO THE SIDE OF A HOME. FURTHER EAST IN BROWN COUNTY...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR SPLIT...WITH MANY HOMES HAVING SHINGLES TORN OFF. THE ROOF OF A HOME PORCH WAS ALSO TORN OFF AND TOSSED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOME. THE HOME SUSTAINING THE GARAGE DOOR DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED IN PERRY TOWNSHIP IN BROWN COUNTY. DAMAGE IN BOTH AREAS WAS FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION.

Excessive Rainfall and Tropical Storm in the South; Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest

Straight-Line Wind Damage in Brown and Clermont Counties - June 4, 2008