March 14th, 2016 Phillipsburg, OH Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
520 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...UPDATED TOUCHDOWN LOCATION FOR TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR
PHILLIPSBURG IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO...

LOCATION...PHILLIPSBURG IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO INTO SOUTHERN 
MIAMI COUNTY 
DATE...MARCH 14 2016 
ESTIMATED TIME...2:16 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100-105 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...40 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...3 MILES
* 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 PHILLIPSBURG IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO ON MARCH
14 2016.

A FOLLOW UP SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TODAY ON THE PHILLIPSBURG TORNADO.
THE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED A SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH TOUCHDOWN OF THE
TORNADO. WITH TREE DAMAGE AND LIGHT DEBRIS ALONG ARLINGTON ROAD JUST
SOUTH OF POTATO RIDGE ROAD. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE SOUTH OF
WENGERLAWN ROAD. THERE WAS LIGHT DAMAGE TO HARDWOOD TREES CONSISTENT
WITH EF0 STRENGTH. THE TORNADO THEN PROGRESSED NORTH-NORTHEAST AND
CROSSED SWEET POTATO RIDGE ROAD AND THEN ARLINGTON ROAD...WHERE IT
THEN SEVERELY DAMAGED A BARN AN WOODSHED. 

JUST NORTH OF THIS LOCATION...A FARM HOUSE ON BALTIMORE PHILLIPSBURG
PIKE HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE...WITH THE ENTIRE ROOF LIFTED OFF FROM THE
UPPER LEVEL OF A FARM HOUSE. WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE AGE OF THE
HOME AND ROOFING STRUCTURE...THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH END
EF1 DAMAGE. AT THIS SAME PROPERTY...A GARAGE WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS
FOUNDATION WITH ALL WALLS COLLAPSED...WITH A NEARBY LARGE BARN
LOSING ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF THE ROOF.

ADDITIONAL MINOR ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED AT A PROPERTY ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE BALTIMORE PHILLIPSBURG PIKE PROPERTY...WITH MOST OF
THE DAMAGE COMING FROM THE ROOF DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF BALTIMORE PHILLIPSBURG PIKE. 

THE ROOF AND YARD DEBRIS FROM THE BALTIMORE PHILLIPSBURG PIKE
LOCATION WAS LOFTED AS FAR AS 300 TO 400 YARDS FROM THE HOME
SITE...NORTHWARD TOWARD BLANK ROAD. AN ADDITIONAL FARM SITE
FURTHER NORTH ALONG ARLINGTON ROAD SUFFERED A DESTROYED GARAGE
WITH DEBRIS FROM THE STRUCTURE SPREADING NEARLY 100 YARDS.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE INCLUDED CHIMNEY DAMAGE...SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
TREES...SIDING AND SIGNIFICANT BARN DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE WAS IN
THE HIGH END EF0 TO LOW END EF1 SCALE.

THE NORTHERN MOST LOCATION OF TORNADIC DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG ROUTE
49 JUST NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE ROAD IN MIAMI COUNTY IN THE FORM
OF LARGE TREES DOWNED. THIS WAS THE NORTHERNMOST INDICATION OF
GROUND- BASED DAMAGE. THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DEBRIS IN FIELDS JUST
NORTH ALONG CASTING-GORDON ROAD...BUT THIS WAS THE LAST KNOWN
LOCATION OF DAMAGE OR DEBRIS.

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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JDR