June 27th, 2011 Pike County OH Tornado

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 312 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN PIKE COUNTY OHIO ON JUNE 27TH... LOCATION...RURAL PIKE COUNTY NEAR THE SCIOTO COUNTY LINE DATE...JUNE 27 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...853 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.013N / 83.236W ENDING LAT/LON...39.030N / 83.218W * 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 IN RURAL PORTIONS OF PIKE COUNTY /ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIKETON/ OHIO ON JUNE 27 2011. A DAMAGE SURVEY IN PIKE COUNTY CONFIRMED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF A WEAK TORNADO ALONG LAUREL RIDGE ROAD IN PIKE COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 27TH 2011. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH CONSISTED MAINLY OF TREES BROKEN OFF AND UPROOTED. THERE WAS ALSO EVIDENCE OF BRANCHES AND PORTIONS OF TREES BLOWN INWARD TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE DAMAGE PATH...TYPICAL FOR TORNADO DEBRIS. THE DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 80 MPH ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH. WHILE THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS PIKE COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 27TH...THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOUND TO CONFIRM ANY ADDITIONAL TOUCHDOWNS. 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. $$ BINAU