Straight-Line Wind & Tornado in Dearborn County

Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow Lingers in California; Winter Storm Impacting the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

An atmospheric river will wind down through today across California with lingering heavy rainfall, heavy mountain snow, and gusty winds. A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow will cause hazardous travel conditions for the Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England today through Saturday morning. Areas of tree damage and power outages are possible. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH ...EF0 TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN FAR SOUTHERN DEARBORN COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF AURORA INDIANA IN FAR SOUTHERN DEARBORN COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. THE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG COLE ROAD ABOUT HALF A MILE SOUTH OF US ROUTE 50...MAINLY CONFINED TO A TRAILER PARK JUST WEST OF COLE ROAD. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON JUNE 4 AT ABOUT 600 PM. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED. MINOR ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO HOMES AND TRAILERS AS WELL. SOME ROOFS WERE NEARLY LIFTED OFF OF THE TRAILERS...SUGGESTING SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS WELL. SKIRTING WAS BLOWN AWAY FROM NUMEROUS TRAILERS AS WELL. SOME TRAILERS WERE ALSO DAMAGED DUE TO THE IMPACT OF FALLING TREES. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS OF 65 TO 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR AURORA WAS SURVEYED IN DEARBORN COUNTY. THE DAMAGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...WHICH OCCURRED BETWEEN 605 AND 610 PM ON JUNE 4. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED...UPROOTED...OR SPLIT OFF. SOME OF THE TREES WERE VERY LARGE AND HEALTHY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SOME HOMES AND GARAGES. SOME TREES AND LARGE LIMBS FELL ON HOUSES AND CARS AS WELL. WIND SPEEDS IN THIS AREA WERE ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH. THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS SUSTAINING STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT DEARBORN COUNTY. WHILE MUCH OF IT OCCURRED DURING THE EVENING OF JUNE 4...SOME DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 3.

Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow Lingers in California; Winter Storm Impacting the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

Straight-Line Wind & Tornado in Dearborn County - June 4, 2008