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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 >

April 19-20, 2011
Straight-Line Winds Confirmed Near Fayetteville, OH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
303 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...NWS METEOROLOGISTS SURVEY DETERMINES DAMAGE NEAR FAYETTEVILLE
OHIO IN BROWN COUNTY FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONDUCTED A
STORM SURVEY FOR THE AREA 4 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE OHIO IN
BROWN COUNTY. THE SURVEY IS IN RELATION TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NEAR
100 MPH. THE DAMAGE INCLUDED A BARN BLOWN ONTO ROUTE 68...TREE
DOWNED AND METAL DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA.


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