TROY – Weather caused major structural damage in two locations yesterday, Portsmouth and Troy Ohio. Portsmouth has yet to be assessed but the National Weather has now confirmed that Troy had two EF1 Tornados. Heres the release
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
134 PM EST SUN JAN 12 2020
…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 1/11/20 TORNADO EVENT IN MIAMI COUNTY…
TROY…
A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE CITY OF TROY. IT CROSSED THE CITY CENTER AND THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER BEFORE LIFTING ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE CITY.
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY IN COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND TROY FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF TROY, AND
MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE CITY, CROSSING THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER BEFORE WEAKENING AND LIFTING IN THE FAR NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CITY.
MUCH OF THE DAMAGE SURVEYED WAS CONFINED TO TREES AND ROOFS, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AS THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH THE CITY. TO THE WEST OF THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER, DAMAGE WAS MORE INTERMITTENT AND WEAK IN COMPARISON TO AREAS EAST OF THE MIAMI RIVER WHERE MORE CONCENTRATED AND SIGNIFICANT TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED. IN PARTICULAR, AREAS NEAR THE TROY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN ALONG AND ALONG AND EAST OF NORTH MARKET STREET SAW THE MOST CONCENTRATED AND HIGHER END STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ROOFING MATERIAL. THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH SAW SEVERAL BUSINESSES LOSE ALL OR PORTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS.
DAMAGE WAS TORNADIC IN NATURE, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER WHERE CONVERGENT TREE DAMAGE WAS EASILY NOTED BEFORE THE TORNADO RAPIDLY WEAKENED AS IT LEFT THE CITY. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH
WAS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS RANGING FROM 65 TO 80 MPH, AGAIN WITH THE HIGHEST WINDSPEEDS ESTIMATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER.
A PRELIMINARY DESIGNATION OF EF0 IS BEING ASSIGNED TO THIS TORNADO, WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES.
.FLETCHER…
NORTH OF THE LAST KNOWN DAMAGE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TROY, ANOTHER DISTINCT WEAK EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. SPORADIC DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION FROM HERE, CROSSING THE SOUTH SIDE OF
FLETCHER, AND ENDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BURR OAK-NEW HOPE ROAD AND SNYDER ROAD.
…SUMMARY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY IN COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONFIRMED A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST PETERSON ROAD, ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLETCHER.
THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF MIAMI COUNTY, CROSSING NORTH UNION SHELBY ROAD, ACROSS THE BIG WOODS RESERVE, AND THEN ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST
PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF FLETCHER. THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLETCHER IN AN OPEN FIELD AFTER REMOVING PORTION OF BARN ROOF ON SNYDER ROAD.
DAMAGE CONSISTED MAINLY OF BROKEN AND SNAPPED OFF TREES, AND ROOF DAMAGE TO BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS. SNAPPED ELECTRICAL POLES WERE ASSESSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF FLETCHER.
RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE IMPACTED EITHER WITH SHINGLE AND SOFFIT REMOVAL, OR WITH TREES HAVING FALLEN ON THEM.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
