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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
300 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/13/2025 TORNADO EVENT
NEW LONDON TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.33 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/13/2025
START TIME: 02:04 AM EDT
START LOCATION: NEW LONDON / HURON COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 41.0795 / -82.4043
END DATE: 08/13/2025
END TIME: 02:05 AM EDT
END LOCATION: NEW LONDON / HURON COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 41.0824 / -82.3994
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW
LONDON EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED AT
THE NEW LONDON RECREATION AREA NEAR THE SMALL BASEBALL FIELD,
WHERE THE STORM BLEW OVER ONE OF THE BULLPENS. THE TORNADO THEN
TRACKED NORTHEAST, SNAPPING A LARGE HARDWOOD TREE IN GROVE STREET
CEMETERY, WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. SEVERAL
OTHER LARGE TREE LIMBS IN THE CEMETERY WERE ALSO BROKEN.
CONTINUING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF NEW LONDON, THE
TORNADO SNAPPED AND BROUGHT DOWN SEVERAL LARGE TREE TOPS AND
LIMBS, DAMAGING TWO HOMES. RESIDENTS REPORTED THEIR EARS POPPING
AND THEIR HOMES SHAKING DURING THE EVENT. FURTHER ALONG ITS PATH,
THE TORNADO UPROOTED A LARGE HARDWOOD TREE AND LANDED IT ON A
HOME. THE HOME SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE FROM THE FALLEN TREE. ANOTHER
UPROOTED TREE FELL ONTO POWER LINES, SNAPPING THREE UTILITY POLES
AND BLOCKING THE ROADWAY. BEFORE DISSIPATING, THE TORNADO ALSO
KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL PANEL FENCES.
THE NWS APPRECIATES THE NEW LONDON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HURON
COUNTY EMA FOR THEIR HELP DURING THE STORM 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.
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