Severe Weather & Tornadoes - September 16, 2010

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 >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 758 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR WEST RUSHVILLE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...WEST RUSHVILLE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO DATE...SEPTEMBER 16TH 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...535 PM EDT TO 539 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.764N/82.473W ENDING LAT/LON...39.761N/82.404W * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE * 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 WEST RUSHVILLE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO ON SEPTEMBER 16TH 2010. THE TORNADIC STORM DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF WEST RUSHVILLE AROUND 535 PM ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS ON FAIRFIELD UNION ROAD WHERE TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED. DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES UNTIL NEAR COUNTY LINE ROAD. ALONG THIS PATH THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE. ANOTHER HOUSE ALONG THE PATH HAD SIDING AND ROOF DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO. 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.

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