Tornado Near Baltimore, Ohio

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 524 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BALTIMORE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...BALTIMORE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO DATE...APRIL 20 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...236 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...110 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS PATH LENGTH...2.4 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.850N/82.591W ENDING LAT/LON...39.852N/82545W * 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 BALTIMORE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO ON APRIL 20 2011. A NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF BALTIMORE ALONG CANAL ROAD NW. DAMAGE TO A HOME WAS DONE AT THIS LOCATION AND A GARAGE WAS DESTROYED. WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN THE AREA. ADDITIONAL TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG MILLERSPORT ROAD WHERE A BARN WAS DAMAGED. THIS DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS OF AN EF1 TORNADO ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY WAS ESTIMATED TO BE CAUSED BY WINDS THAT REACHED 80-100 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. $$ SNYDER/PADGETT