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February 28, 2024
Other Damage

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The NWS in Wilmington Ohio looked into damage in a few locations in addition to the confirmed tornadoes from this event. These locations include:
* Southwest of Yellow Springs in Greene County.
* Near the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in southern Clark County.
* Near and west of Baltimore in Fairfield County.

The damage in these areas was somewhat lighter and not as concentrated, and after examining radar data, we could not reach a confirmation for a tornado at any of these locations. Winds of up to 70 MPH were estimated to have occurred.

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
319 PM EST Thu Feb 29 2024

...SURVEY RESULTS FOR NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

Location...Northwest of Baltimore, Ohio
Date...February 28th 2024
Estimated Time...555-600 AM EST
Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...70 mph

...Summary...
With considerable assistance from the Fairfield County Emergency
Management Agency, and the Basil Joint Fire District, the National
Weather Service investigated storm damage on Wednesday afternoon
across portions of northern Fairfield County northwest of Baltimore,
Ohio.

Damage to some barns (roof panels and doors), and some tree
and power pole damage were surveyed along Basil Western Road
and Reynoldsburg Baltimore Road, and this damage was determined
to be non-tornadic in nature, likely caused by straight-line
thunderstorm winds peaking around 70mph.

The National Weather Service would like to thank the Fairfield
County EMA as well as Basil Joint Fire District for support
and assistance with this survey.

* 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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