Severe Weather & Tornadoes

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 301 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED 2 ESE OF EDENTON IN CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...2 ESE EDENTON IN CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO DATE...MAY 23 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...743 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...333 YARDS PATH LENGTH...500 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.215N / 84.013W ENDING LAT/LON...39.218N / 84.012W * 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 2 MILES ESE OF EDENTON IN CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO ON MAY 23 2011. THE TORNADO BLEW DOWN TWO HIGH VOLTAGE TOWERS ALONG TAYLOR PIKE ROAD AND DESTROYED A WOOD FRAMED METAL BARN. THE DEBRIS FROM THE BARN WAS DEPOSITED 300 TO 400 FEET ACROSS A FIELD AND INTO A TREE LINE. A COUPLE OF PIECES OF WOOD DEBRIS FROM THE FRAME OF THE BARN WERE IMPALED INTO THE FIELD. ALSO...THERE WERE SOME SNAPPED TREES AND BRANCHES ALONG THE TREE LINE. 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. $$ MJP