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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 >

June 4, 2008
EF0 Tornado in Clinton County

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT 
DAMAGE NEAR MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A 
WEAK BRIEF TORNADO ON EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...JUNE 4 BETWEEN 1225 
AM AND 1230 AM. A BARN AND A SHED SUSTAINED DAMAGE AT A RESIDENCE 
ALONG JONESBORO ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE. TWO TREES AND 
NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WERE DOWNED IN THE AREA. THIS 
TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...WITH 
WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH.