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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
936 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 2024
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/8/2024 COSHOCTON & MUSKINGUM COUNTY
TORNADO EVENT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED TWO BRIEF EF1 TORNADOES IN
NORTHERN MUSKINGUM AND SOUTHERN COSHOCTON COUNTIES IN EASTERN OHIO
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MAY 8TH, 2024. SPORADIC
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN TANDEM WITH THE TORNADO
DAMAGE.
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.42 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 128 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 12:02 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 NNW FRAZEYSBURG / MUSKINGUM COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 40.1577 / -82.1238
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 12:03 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 N FRAZEYSBURG / MUSKINGUM COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 40.1602 / -82.1166
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXHIBITING CYCLIC TORNADIC CHARACTERISTICS
PRODUCED A BRIEF EF1 TORNADO IN NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY. THE
FIRST TORNADO DAMAGE WAS NOTED AROUND A LAKE JUST OFF OF WISE ROAD
WHERE A SWATH OF SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THE TRUNKS AND
UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST WHERE IT
IMPACTED A HOME AND TWO OUTBUILDINGS JUST DOWNSTREAM. A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE FIRST OUTBUILDING'S ROOF WAS REMOVED
AND WALLS ON TWO SIDES OF THE BUILDING COLLAPSED. THE HOME SAW
SIGNIFICANT WINDOW DAMAGE WITH GLASS IN MOST WINDOWS COMPLETELY
SHATTERED AND PIECES OF WOOD AND ROOFING MATERIAL THROWN INTO THE
HOUSE CREATING EXTERIOR DAMAGE TO SIDING. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
THE ROOF WAS REMOVED WITH ROOFING MATERIAL THROWN AROUND THE
PROPERTY. SEVERAL CHUNKS OF BROKEN 2X4S, PRESUMABLY FROM THE
OUTBUILDING, WERE THROWN NEARLY 100 YARDS AND IMPALED INTO THE
GROUND NEXT TO THE HOUSE. THE TORNADO COLLAPSED HALF OF A
SECONDARY OUTBUILDING AND SHIFTED THE REMAINING STANDING HALF OFF
OF ITS FOUNDATION. JUST BEYOND THE HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS,
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH LARGE AND HEALTHY HARDWOOD
TREES TWISTED, UPROOTED, AND SNAPPED AT THE TRUNKS. IT WAS THIS
DAMAGE THAT RESULTED IN THE MAXIMUM WIND 105 MPH EF1 RATING. JUST
NEXT TO THE TREES, A WOOD LIGHT POLE WAS SNAPPED AT ITS BASE. THE
TORNADO THEN LIFTED AS IT EXITED THE PROPERTY TOWARD WISE ROAD AS
NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED DOWNSTREAM IN A WIDE COVERAGE AREA
OF TREES.
COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.10 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 197 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 12:17 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 N DRESDEN / COSHOCTON COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 40.1779 / -82.0079
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 12:19 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 N DRESDEN / COSHOCTON COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 40.1785 / -82.0063
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THEN PRODUCED ANOTHER BRIEF EF1
TORNADO AS IT MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN COSHOCTON COUNTY.
DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO A HOME, OUTBUILDING, AND TREES JUST OFF OF
COUNTY ROAD 439. IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN VERY
CLOSE TO THE HOUSE ITSELF WITH THE BULK OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRING ON
THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE, OPPOSITE OF THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM'S SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST MOTION. THE OUTBUILDING HAD
ITS ROOF REMOVED AND MOST OF ITS WALLS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED SAVE
FOR PART OF ONE SIDE THAT REMAINED STANDING. THE TORNADO REMOVED
THE ENTIRE METAL ROOF THROWING IT IN PIECES SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS
DOWNSTREAM INTO A FIELD AS WELL AS UPSTREAM WHERE TWO PIECES WERE
WRAPPED AROUND THE TOP OF A TREE. WHILE MOST WALLS REMAINED
STANDING, THE BACK SIDE OF THE HOME WAS TORN OFF AND LAID ON THE
GROUND. IT WAS THIS DAMAGE THAT THE HIGHEST EF1 WIND SPEED OF 105
MPH WAS OBSERVED. INSULATION FROM THIS PART OF THE HOME WAS THROWN
ALL OVER THE PROPERTY AND PLASTERED ON ALL SIDES OF THE HOME.
SEVERAL HEALTHY SOFTWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE BACKYARD.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOTH MUSKINGUM
AND COSHOCTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE
WITH THIS DAMAGE SURVEY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
BRUDY/FRAZIER
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