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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1034 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2021
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/20/21 RIGA TORNADO
..TORNADO CONFIRMED SOUTHEAST OF BLISSFIELD
OVERVIEW
ONE TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN SOUTHEAST LENAWEE COUNTY.
THIS TORNADO WAS BRIEF AND IMPACTED NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF RIGA PRODUCING EF-1 DAMAGE. THE LAST TORNADO TO HIT LENAWEE
COUNTY WAS ON JUNE 6, 2010, AN EF-1 NORTHWEST OF ADRIAN.
RIGA TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JUN_20_2021
START TIME: 923 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1.9 MI SE BLISSFIELD/LENAWEE COUNTY
START LAT/LON: 41.8144, -83.8363
END DATE: JUN_20_2021
END TIME: 927 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3.9 MI E OF BLISSFIELD/LENAWEE COUNTY
END_LAT/LON: 41.8292, -83.7880
SURVEY_SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF CEMETERY RD AND EAST
OF SILBERHORN HWY HEADING ENE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED AT LEAST FIVE HOMES,
FOUR OUTBUILDINGS, THREE BARNS, AND NUMEROUS TREES. DAMAGE INCLUDED A MIX
OF UPROOTED TREES, SNAPPED LARGE LIMBS, ROOF LOSS, COLLAPSED BARN
WALLS, FALLEN POWER POLES, A TOPPLED CHIMNEY, BLOWN OUT FENCING, AND
AN OVERTURNED AIR CONDITIONER UNIT. LARGE SECTIONS OF SHEET METAL
FROM A DESTROYED SMALL SHEET METAL SILO WERE ALSO LOFTED OVER A QUARTER
MILE DOWNSTREAM. THE TORNADO INFLICTED DAMAGE ON A FINAL METAL BARN ROOF
AS IT NEARED THE LENAWEE/MONROE COUNTY LINE THEN LIFTED PRIOR TO
RODESILER HWY BETWEEN SIMPSON AND STADLER RD.
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
NOTE:
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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