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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1053 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/14/2026 TORNADO EVENT
LEIMBACH ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.52 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/14/2026
START TIME: 04:29 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE WOODCOCK / CRAWFORD COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 41.7347 / -80.0592
END DATE: 06/14/2026
END TIME: 04:30 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE WOODCOCK / CRAWFORD COUNTY / PA
END LAT/LON: 41.7321 / -80.0497
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY NEAR
LEIMBACH ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 4:29 PM EDT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN WEST OF LEIMBACH ROAD AND NORTH OF DOUBLE HILL ROAD, THEN
MOVED GENERALLY EAST-SOUTHEAST. DAMAGE CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED NEAR THE
POINT OF TOUCHDOWN, AND A FALLING TREE CLIPPED AND DAMAGED A WELL-
CONSTRUCTED DETACHED GARAGE. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED LEIMBACH
ROAD, SEVERAL LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE FALLEN
TREES WERE ORIENTED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST, CONSISTENT WITH THE
LOCALIZED TORNADIC WIND FIELD DESPITE THE TORNADO'S OVERALL EAST-
SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT.BASED ON THE OBSERVED DAMAGE, MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 93 MPH, YIELDING AN EF-1 TORNADO RATING.
THE TORNADO HAD AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS AND
PRODUCED A SHORT, INTERMITTENT DAMAGE PATH BEFORE DISSIPATING.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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