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 501 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR 3 E FAIRBORN IN GREENE COUNTY COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...3 E FAIRBORN IN GREENE COUNTY COUNTY OHIO DATE...MAY 23 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...755 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1000 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.7964N / 83.9634W ENDING LAT/LON...39.7988N / 83.9535W * 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 3 E FAIRBORN IN GREENE COUNTY COUNTY OHIO ON MAY 23 2011. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG A PATH ACROSS GREENE COUNTRY CLUB. MANY OF THE TREES WERE ORIENTED SO THAT THEY CONVERGED TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE PATH. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND THEN CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST...ENDING IN A FARM FIELD JUST TO THE EAST OF THE GOLF COURSE. 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. $$