The National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio has confirmed a tornado from Tuesday's storm in Franklin county.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
533 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR 1/2 MILE ESE MT. CARMEL IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
INDIANA...
LOCATION...1/2 MILE ESE MT. CARMEL IN FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA
DATE...MAY 1 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...520 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...95 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1.3 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.41N / -84.86
ENDING LAT/LON...39.40N / -84.84
* 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 WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR 1/2 MILE ESE MT. CARMEL IN FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA ON
MAY 1 2012.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO 3 FARMSTEADS ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO SEVERAL LARGE BUILDINGS WHICH
CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF ALUMINUM AND WOOD. SEVERAL SMALL SHEDS
WHICH WERE NOT ANCHORED DOWN WERE EITHER BLOWN COMPLETELY OFF
THEIR FOUNDATION OR MOVED FROM THE FOUNDATION. SOME OF THE LARGER BUILDINGS
HAD COLLAPSED WALLS...DOORS BLOWN IN...BROKEN WINDOWS AND LARGE SECTIONS
OF THEIR ROOFS TORN OFF. SEVERAL SILOS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.
A NARROW PATH OF WOOD AND METAL DEBRIS EXTENDED ACROSS THE FARM
FIELDS BETWEEN THE FARMSTEADS. EARLY IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO
YOU COULD SEE METAL DEBRIS WRAPPED AROUND THE BASE OF A HIGH
TENSION WIRE TOWER. SEVERAL TREES 3 TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE
SNAPPED AND TWISTED.
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