Weak Tornadoes - March 23, 2012

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 1218 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HARLAN TOWNSHIP IN WARREN COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...HARLAN TOWNSHIP IN WARREN COUNTY OHIO DATE...03/23/12 ESTIMATED TIME...730 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.321766N/84.070344W ENDING LAT/LON...39.325949/84.064014W * 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 HARLAN TOWNSHIP IN WARREN COUNTY OHIO ON 03/23/12. A BRIEF AND WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN VERY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 123 AND 132 IN HARLAN TOWNSHIP IN WARREN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO A POLE BARN...WHERE ROOFING WAS MOSTLY REMOVED AND STREWN DOWNSTREAM ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE. SEVERAL TWO-BY-FOURS FROM THE POLE BARN WERE FOUND ABOUT 50 YARDS UPSTREAM OF THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE TORNADO...AND WERE DRIVEN INTO THE LEFT-FRONT CORNER OF THE ROOF OF THE RESIDENCE WHERE THE BARN WAS DAMAGED. MUCH OF THE REST OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS TO SOFTWOOD PINE TREES...WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED...SNAPPED OFF... AND ORIENTED IN A CONVERGENT MANNER TOWARD THE PATH OF THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION. THE TORNADO LIFTED IN A WOODED AREA TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 132. EYEWITNESS REPORTS THROUGH WARREN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SMALL TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THIS AREA...WITH MATERIAL BEING LIFTED INTO THE AIR. THE DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0 TORNADO. REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE TO THE NORTH ON MIDDLEBORO ROAD IN WARREN COUNTY WERE DEEMED TO BE FROM NON-TORNADIC WINDS. 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. $$

Radar Images

KILN 1.3° Z - 7:25 PM	KILN 1.3° SRM - 7:25 PM

KILN 0.5° Z - 7:29 PM	KILN 0.5° SRM - 7:29 PM

TCVG 0.1° Z - 7:30 PM	TCVG 0.1° SRM - 7:30 PM

TDAY 0.3° Z - 7:27 PM	TDAY 0.3° SRM - 7:27 PM