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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1220 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
...NWS WILMINGTON PRELIMINARY SURVEY RESULTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
OHIO...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WILMINGTON, OH CONDUCTED A
STORM DAMAGE SURVEY WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. THIS SURVEY EVALUATED STORM DAMAGE FROM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING OF
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11.
THE SURVEY TEAM EVALUATED DAMAGE IN UPPER ARLINGTON, PARTICULARLY
AROUND UPPER ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND ALONG ZOLLINGER ROAD. SOME
OF THE WORST TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED JUST EAST OF UPPER
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ALONG MOUNT HOLYOKE ROAD, WELLESLEY DRIVE,
HALSTEAD ROAD, PICKWICK DRIVE AND N STAR ROAD. THERE WERE NO
VISIBLE SIGNS OF A TORNADIC CIRCULATION OR A COVERGENT PATTERN AND
THEREFORE THE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE IN UPPER
ARLINGTON WAS A RESULT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT WERE 90 TO 100
MPH.
THE SURVEY TEAM ALSO EVALUATED DAMAGE IN SOUTH COLUMBUS,
PARTICULARLY FROM E HINMAN AVENUE EASTWARD ACROSS PARSONS AVENUE,
IMPACTING BARACK PARK, AND EXTENDING AS FAR EAST AS FAIRWOOD
AVENUE. THE DAMAGE IN THIS AREA EXHIBITED A CONVERGENT PATTERN. IN
ADDITION TO TREE DAMAGE, THERE WAS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THAT INCLUDED
ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THIS TORNADO REACHED
EF1 INTENSITY.
A FINAL ASSESSMENT RELATED TO THE TORNADO, INCLUDING MORE DETAILED
RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AND
TRANSMITTED VIA A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT IN THE COMING DAYS.
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