Tornado Confirmed near Phillipsburg OH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED EVENT TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
719 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR PHILLIPSBURG IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
OHIO...

LOCATION...1/2 MILE SE OF PHILLIPSBURG IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO
DATE...02/20/2014 
ESTIMATED TIME...1053 PM EST 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...80 YARDS 
PATH LENGTH...2 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.8890N / 84.4078W 
ENDING LAT/LON...39.9057N / 84.3764W
* 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 1/2 MILE SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO 
ON 02/20/2014. THIS INFORMATION UPDATES EARLIER SUMMARY PUBLIC 
INFORMATION STATEMENTS ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT AT 1241 PM EST AND 709 
PM EST 2/21/2014.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ONE TENTH OF A MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF SWEET POTATO RIDGE RD AND BROOKVILLE PHILLIPSBURG
RD. THE GARAGE DOOR OF A RESIDENCE THERE WAS BLOWN IN... LEADING
TO THE REMOVAL OF THE ROOF AND TWO WALLS OF THE GARAGE. THE ROOF
WAS UPLIFTED... FLIPPED... AND DROPPED IN THE YARD IMMEDIATELY TO
THE EAST. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED IN THE YARD IMMEDIATELY
EAST OF THE GARAGE. ONE OF THESE TREES WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES
IN DIAMETER... THOUGH WITH SOME DETERIORATION NOTED IN THE INNER
PORTION ON THE TREE TRUNK.

THE NEXT DAMAGE LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO TENTHS OF A MILE
EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SWEET POTATO RIDGE RD AND BROOKVILLE
PHILLIPSBURG RD. A ROOF WAS PARTIALLY REMOVED FROM A RESIDENCE ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF SWEET POTATO RIDGE RD... AND BLOWN SLIGHTLY TO THE
LEFT OF THE DIRECTION OF STORM MOTION INTO A RESIDENCE ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. A COMBINATION OF THE DEBRIS AND WINDS BLEW
IN TWO WINDOWS ON A RESIDENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SWEET POTATO
RIDGE RD. YARD FURNITURE WAS ALSO LIFTED AND CARRIED OVER A TENTH
OF MILE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST.

CONTINUING EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG THE PATH... A LARGE PORTION OF THE 
BARN ROOF ON THE WEST SIDE OF PANSING RD WAS REMOVED AND CARRIED A 
SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NORTHWEST... PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF 
STORM MOTION. OTHER ROOF DEBRIS WAS LIFTED AND CARRIED ACROSS TO THE 
EAST SIDE OF PANSING RD. THIS DAMAGE LOCATION WAS ABOUT ONE QUARTER 
MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH PHILLIPSBURG UNION RD.

THE FINAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON PHILLIPSBURG UNION RD
APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH PANSING
RD. THIS WAS ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE DEBRIS FROM A BARN WAS CARRIED
A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NORTHWEST AGAINST THE STORM MOTION. THIS 
DEBRIS INCLUDED A PORTION OF THE ROOF AND WOOD SIDING. SEVERAL PINE 
TREES ABOUT 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE ALSO SNAPPED... UPLIFTED... AND
DROPPED POINTING INTO THE DIRECTION OF THE STORM MOTION.

ALL OF THE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH EXHIBITED CONVERGENT MOTION...
ALONG WITH NOTED INSTANCES OF DEBRIS BEING DEPOSITED TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE ORIGINAL SOURCE STRUCTURES. THE DAMAGE OBSERVED
ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT CAUSED BY AN EF0
TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 85 MPH.

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.

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