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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
640 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/21/2026 TORNADO EVENT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR LEES
CREEK IN CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO.
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/21/2026
START TIME: 03:09 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 5 SSW SABINA / CLINTON COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 39.4150 / -83.6739
END DATE: 07/21/2026
END TIME: 03:13 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 NNW HIGHLAND / CLINTON COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 39.3997 / -83.6147
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT A SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENCE OFF OF HENRY RD, WHERE A HARDWOOD TREE WAS
SNAPPED AND FELL ONTO THE ROOF OF THE HOME. ADDITIONALLY, THE
FIELD ADJACENT TO THE HOME HAD SOME FLATTENED CORN STALKS, WITH
MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALSO OBSERVED ACROSS THE STREET. MORE FLATTENED
CORN STALK WAS FOUND IN A FIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HENRY RD AND STATE HIGHWAY 729.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE CAME ALONG LARRICK RD, WITH SEVERAL
PROPERTIES OBSERVING TREE DAMAGE. ONE PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR HAD SIX
TREES THAT WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AT THE BASE. WIND
SPEEDS IN THIS AREA WERE LIKELY NEAR 75 MPH, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO
EF-0 STRENGTH ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE LAST OBSERVED
DAMAGE CAME ON LARRICK RD WHERE A TREE WAS UPROOTED AND ADDITIONAL
CORN STALK WAS PARTIALLY FLATTENED. NO OTHER VISIBLE EVIDENCE WAS
OBSERVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS PROPERTY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CLINTON
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS
STORM 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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
JG/LC
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