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NOUS41 KILN 122356 RRA
PNSILN
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>
056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-130400-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
756 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
...AN EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN EASTERN MADISON COUNTY AND EXTREME
WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...
A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN MADISON COUNTY BETWEEN 100 PM
AND 110 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...MAY 11TH. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL
TREES ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST JEFFERSON...JUST SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 142. THE TREE DAMAGE EXTENDED
FOR A PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT 300 YARDS AND WAS AROUND 50 FEET WIDE.
ONE TREE WAS RIPPED OUT OF THE GROUND AND TOSSED ACROSS STATE ROUTE
142.
IT APPEARS THE TORNADO LIFTED...THEN CAME DOWN AND PRODUCED
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AT A RESIDENCE ALONG AMITY ROAD JUST EAST OF THE
FRANKLIN-MADISON COUNTY LINE AND JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS
LOCATION IS ABOUT ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF THE INITIAL DAMAGE IN EASTERN
MADISON COUNTY. THERE WAS MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE AND AN
ADJACENT BARN...AND A FLAGPOLE WAS BENT. A SILVER MAPLE AND
ADDITIONAL TREE LIMBS WERE KNOCKED DOWN.
THE TORNADO WAS AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH WINDS
ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 75 MPH.
RYAN
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