PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
201 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010

...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY ONGOING TODAY FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON WV IS CONDUCTING STORM SURVEYS TODAY FOR ATHENS...MEIGS...MORGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES IN OHIO AS WELL AS WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.

THESE SURVEYS ARE IN RELATION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON SEPTEMBER 16 2010. A FINAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDING RESULTS OF THE SURVEY SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND TRANSMITTED VIA PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS BY 9 PM.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1207 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010

...TORNADO IN HOLMES COUNTY IN OHIO...
LOCATION...2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARMERSTOWN IN HOLMES COUNTY
DATE...SEPTEMBER 16 2010
ESTIMATE TIMED...600 PM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 TO 100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 TO 75 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.45N /81.75W ENDING LAT/LON...40.45N / 81.70W

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARMERSTOWN. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ON THE
GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES BEFORE LIFTING. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS BETWEEN 50 AND 75 YARDS IN WIDTH. SEVERAL BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH. A FEW HOMES ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
509 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010

...TORNADO CONFIRMED 4 MILES SOUTH OF NELSONVILLE IN ATHENS COUNTY OHIO...

LOCATION...4 MILES SOUTH OF NELSONVILLE IN ATHENS COUNTY OHIO
DATE...SEP 16 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...654 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...3 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...
ENDING LAT/LON...
* FATALITIES...UNKNOWN * INJURIES...UNKNOWN *

THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR 4 MILES SOUTH OF NELSONVILLE IN ATHENS COUNTY OHIO ON SEP 16 2010.

FURTHER SOUTHEAST ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM...A STRONG DOWNBURST WAS CONFIRMED. NEAR THE PLAINS...WINDS AROUND 100 MPH. NEAR ATHENS ITSELF...WINDS 80 TO 100 MPH.

gerb131;488069 wrote:Is that not the first Meigs tornado ever?

ts1227;488315 wrote:If this site is accurate... Looks like the 4th since 1950. I'm seeing an F2 in 1967, F1 in 1993, F1 in 2001

www.tornadohistoryproject.com

Big_Mirg_ZHS;488406 wrote:Did they finish the investigation in Northwest Morgan county yet? That i believe would be the first in Morgan.

...TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM NEAR CROOKSVILLE IN PERRY COUNTY OHIO...TO NEAR ROSEFARM IN MORGAN COUNTY OHIO...

LOCATION...5 SW CROOKSVILLE IN PERRY COUNTY...TO 1 S ROSEFARM IN MORGAN COUNTY OHIO
DATE...SEPTEMBER 16 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...621 PM TO 630 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 TO 110 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...800 YARDS PATH LENGTH...5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.42N / 82.09W ENDING LAT/LON...39.43N / 82.04W
* FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 *

THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROOKSVILLE IN PERRY COUNTY...TO 1 MILE SOUTH OF ROSEFARM IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY OHIO ON SEPTEMBER 16 2010. THE SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DROPPED A TORNADO IN WESTERN PERRY COUNTY...PRODUCED ANOTHER TORNADO THAT PASSED A FEW MILES SOUTH OF CROOKSVILLE IN EASTERN PERRY COUNTY...WHICH THEN BARELY REACHED INTO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. IT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 621 PM EDT ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF NEW LEXINGTON. IT PROGRESSED EAST TO HEAVILY DAMAGE OR DESTROY SEVERAL HOUSES AND ESPECIALLY SHEDS...OUTBUILDINGS...AND A BARN SOUTH MCLUNEY AND NORTH OF MOORES JUNCTION ALONG HIGHWAY 93. HIGHWAY 93...A MAJOR ROUTE IN PERRY COUNTY...WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED AND CLOSED TO TRAFFIC UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 17. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...WHILE SEVERAL VERY LARGE ONES WERE LEFT WITH ONLY STUMPS OF THEIR LARGEST LIMBS. WOODEN POWER POLES AND MANY POWER LINES WERE DOWN. AS THE TORNADO CARRIED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY...ADDITIONAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWN JUST SOUTH OF ROSEFARM...NEAR THE END OF ITS PATH.

UA5straightin2008;493677 wrote:damn, 2 tornado warnings here in Licking in the past 6 days, both turned out to be busts