Centerville EF0 Tornado

Nor'Easter Continues to Bring Heavy Rain and Coastal Impacts; Nolo Continues to Impact Hawaii

The nor’easter will weaken tonight, easing beach conditions and coastal flooding, though locally heavy rain will continue in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England into Monday. Hurricane Nolo continues to bring strong winds and large waves to Hawaii. A multi-day rain event will return to the Four Corners region Monday and expand to the south-central U.S. by midweek. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 212 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CENTERVILLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...CENTERVILLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO DATE...MAY 25 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...710 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS PATH LENGTH...200 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.6546N / 84.1160 W ENDING LAT/LON...39.6547N / 84.1144 W * 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 CENTERVILLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO ON MAY 25 2011. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY ON THE GROUNDS OF MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL SOUTH...JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 675. A SMALL PATH OF TREES WAS DOWNED IN A WOODED AREA NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL. SOME OF THE TREES WERE UPROOTED...SNAPPED OFF...OR TWISTED. THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED FROM THE SAME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED TWO TO THREE INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN CENTERVILLE AND BELLBROOK. THE HAIL CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND STRUCTURES. 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/HATZOS

Nor'Easter Continues to Bring Heavy Rain and Coastal Impacts; Nolo Continues to Impact Hawaii

Centerville EF0 Tornado - May 25, 2011