EF0 Tornado in western Ohio County, Indiana

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
331 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2020

...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WESTERN OHIO COUNTY INDIANA
ON APRIL 8TH 2020...

START LOCATION...4 MILES SSE DILLSBORO IN OHIO COUNTY IN
END LOCATION.....4.8 MILES WSW OF RISING SUN IN OHIO COUNTY IN
DATE...........................APR 8 2020
ESTIMATED STARTING TIME........10:13 PM EDT
ESTIMATED ENDING TIME..........10:17 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING........EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70-75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH.............450 YARDS
PATH LENGTH....................5.8 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON..............38.9619N / 85.0432W
ENDING LAT/LON.................38.9377N / 84.9412W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES.....0

...SUMMARY...
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG MILTON BEAR BRANCH ROAD IN WESTERN OHIO
COUNTY INDIANA. THE TORNADO TRAVELLED ESE UNTIL LIFTING NEAR THE 6000
BLOCK OF PALMER ROAD. THERE WERE NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF DAMAGE TO 
ROOFS, SIDING, BARNS AND TREES. DAMAGE OF THIS NATURE IS CONSISTENT 
WITH THAT OF AN EF0 TORNADO, WITH WINDS TOPPING OUT AT ABOUT 70-75 MPH. 

DETAILED DAMAGE REPORTS AND MAPPING WERE PROVIDED BY OHIO COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
  CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
  STORM DATA.

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