Union County Tornado - June 6, 2010

Lake Effect Snow through Friday; Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms and Mountain Snow in California

Periods of moderate to heavy lake effect snow will continue through Friday downwind of Lake Erie and Ontario. Several additional inches of accumulating snow are expected. A Pacific storm will bring heavy rain and mountain snow across California, the Southwest and Intermountain West today. Isolated severe thunderstorms and scattered flash flooding is possible across parts of southern California. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 458 PM EDT MON JUN 7 2010 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR MARYSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...MARYSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY OHIO DATE...JUNE 6 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...534 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.4 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.22N / 83.42W ENDING LAT/LON...40.28N / 83.35W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR MARYSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY OHIO ON JUNE 6 2010. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR COLLINS ROAD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE...TO WEAVER ROAD NEAR THE UNION COUNTY AIRPORT. DAMAGE MOSTLY CONSISTED OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES NEAR SR 38 AND TIMBERVIEW DRIVE...INCLUDING LOSS OF SHINGLES AND SIDING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOME ALONG SR 38...WHICH SUFFERED NEAR TOTAL ROOF LOSS. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH-END EF0 DAMAGE...WITH WINDS UP TO 85 MPH. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.