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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

0336 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

..EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY

DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

DATE: JAN 17 2012

EF SCALE: 1

WIND SPEED: 95 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 4.2 MILES

PATH WIDTH: 250 YARDS

NARRATIVE: A NWS STORM SURVEY HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO IN JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF I-264 AND BROWNSBORO ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HURSTBOURNE AND BROWNSBORO ROAD WHERE IT BRIEFLY LIFTED. THE TORNADO THEN REFORMED AND CROSSED I-265. THE PRELIMINARY PATH LENGTH IS 4.2 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 250 YARDS. THIS STORM SURVEY IS ONGOING AND INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

EER

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CLE just put out a rare mid January SVR for areas just east of Cleveland:

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

413 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

NORTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 500 PM EST

* AT 412 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN

EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAINESVILLE TO MENTOR TO 11 MILES SOUTH

OF WILLOUGHBY...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

CHARDON...

PERRY...

MADISON...

KLPR (Lorain) reported a 60MPH wind gust at the top of the hour:

http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KLPR.html

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Some fun reports out of the Cleveland area:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

612 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0430 PM TSTM WND DMG BAINBRIDGE 41.39N 81.34W

01/17/2012 GEAUGA OH TRAINED SPOTTER

DOWNED TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 306 AND

422

0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 S MIDDLEFIELD 41.36N 81.08W

01/17/2012 GEAUGA OH OFFICIAL NWS OBS

LARGE TREE DOWNED NEAR THE PARKMAN POST OFFICE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

543 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0405 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SE ELYRIA 41.38N 82.11W

01/17/2012 LORAIN OH COUNTY OFFICIAL

TREE INTO A BUILDING, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWNED

0420 PM TSTM WND DMG S EUCLID 41.59N 81.52W

01/17/2012 CUYAHOGA OH TRAINED SPOTTER

TREES AND LOWER LINES DOWNED

0435 PM TSTM WND DMG CHAGRIN FALLS 41.43N 81.39W

01/17/2012 CUYAHOGA OH TRAINED SPOTTER

TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE

0437 PM TSTM WND DMG CHARDON 41.58N 81.21W

01/17/2012 GEAUGA OH TRAINED SPOTTER

LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED

0453 PM TSTM WND GST CONNEAUT 41.93N 80.57W

01/17/2012 M0.00 MPH ASHTABULA OH TRAINED SPOTTER

65 MPH

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  

0514 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012    

..EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA    

DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO        

DATE: JAN 17 2012  

START TIME: 10:40 AM EST    

END TIME: 10:40 AM EST    

EF SCALE: 0  

WIND SPEED: 85 MPH  

PATH LENGTH: 0.3 MILES  

PATH WIDTH: 60 YARDS    

NARRATIVE: AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE MADISON COUNTY   AIRPORT. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO IMS LANE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN   BRIEFLY ALONG THIS PATH AND MOVED AN AT LEAST 500 POUND DUMPSTER 35   FEET SOUTHEAST. IT ALSO MOVED A BEECHCRAFT/KING AIR PLANE 10 DEGREES   AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN. THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS BUILDING HAD A   DISABLED AWNING AND POST. PART OF A HANGAR'S SIDING CAME OFF WITH   SIDING AND INSULATION UP IN TREES. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG   THE NARROW PATH. A WITNESS SAW THE SWIRL AS THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN.  

RJS

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

0649 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

..EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA

DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

DATE: JAN 17 2012

START TIME: 11:06 AM EST

END TIME: 11:07 AM EST

WIND SPEED: 75 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 1.9 MILES

PATH WIDTH: 30 YARDS

NARRATIVE: AN EF-0 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE VETERAN'S PARKWAY NEAR I-65. A VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER ON I-65, THEN THE TORNADO SKIPPED OVER AN AREA BEFORE COMING DOWN AGAIN ON A SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST, WITH DAMAGE OCCURRING ALONG BELMAR DR AND MEADOWS DR AS WELL AS AT THE INTERSECTION OF KINGSFIELD ST AND CROWN CT. IT TOOK DOWN SEVERAL FENCES, WITH EVIDENCE OF CYCLONIC CIRCULATION. IT LIFTED AGAIN BEFORE COMING DOWN AND TAKING THE ROOF OF A BARN ON ARMSTRONG RD., WHERE THE TORNADO ENDED.

RJS

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Heck, this severe weather episode has got me hungry for storms. That is why I hope the deep western/plains trough idea works out rather than the zonal boredom to end January.

No kidding... especially watching that line develop 80 miles east of here producing 60-70mph winds in western New York. So close. Ugh.

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another one

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

0742 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

..EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN FLOYD COUNTY INDIANA

DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

DATE: JAN 17 2012

START TIME: 11:00 AM EST

END TIME: 11:02 AM EST

WIND SPEED: 95-100 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 1.2 MILES

PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS

NARRATIVE: EF-1 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON EAST RILEY RD. IN FLOYDS KNOBS, WHERE A GARAGE WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ACROSS THE KNOBS TOWARD BINFORD RD, WHERE IT TOOK MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. THE TORNADO CROSSED PAOLI PIKE JUST NORTH OF I-265 AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE AT THE KNOB POINT APARTMENTS.

RJS

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I know its East of the GLOV but those severe warnings in W NY state are for winds in excess of 70 MPH, pretty impressive for January.

It's not surprising we saw this across OH/NY/PA.

Wind at 925mb of 50kts+ and 60-70kts+ at 850mb...The low topped showers/storms were clearly able to tap some of this. On top of that you had a strong 2hr pressure rise/fall couplet of +/- 6mb.

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Tornado or funnel cloud over Louisville today?

That funnel was all the way to the ground, definitely a tornado.

It's not surprising we saw this across OH/NY/PA.

Wind at 925mb of 50kts+ and 60-70kts+ at 850mb...The low topped showers/storms were clearly able to tap some of this. On top of that you had a strong 2hr pressure rise/fall couplet of +/- 6mb.

Oh ya most definitely, hell even when that line formed here I would say we probably gusted close to 50 as it passed through. The more surprising part was the lack of a watch or slight risk for that area.

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That funnel was all the way to the ground, definitely a tornado.

Oh ya most definitely, hell even when that line formed here I would say we probably gusted close to 50 as it passed through. The more surprising part was the lack of a watch or slight risk for that area.

I don't have anything concrete to back this up but it seems like these winter events tend to sneak up on the SPC especially when they occur at more northern latitudes.

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Very dangerous storms just east of, and southwest of Louisville.

A little surprising that a Convective Watch wasn't issued.

They certainly had a chance to issue one, even a meso discussion

said that one was possible. There were active TOR and SVR's at

the time of the discussion and damage being reported in numerous

areas with no signs of weakening. Still, they held back. Funny that

the only area with just isolated severe reports today was the only

area with a SLIGHT RISK issued as opposed to a SEE TEXT.

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I don't have anything concrete to back this up but it seems like these winter events tend to sneak up on the SPC especially when they occur at more northern latitudes.

Yes I have noticed this too. I think its a hesitance to agree that dynamics can over compensate for a lacking of instability, case in point today.

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It's not surprising we saw this across OH/NY/PA.

Wind at 925mb of 50kts+ and 60-70kts+ at 850mb...The low topped showers/storms were clearly able to tap some of this. On top of that you had a strong 2hr pressure rise/fall couplet of +/- 6mb.

I wonder how it all panned out Ontario-side. Environment Canada issued a wind warning ahead of the cold front from Toronto to Niagara Falls. Once the line reached Buffalo the NWS went severe thunderstorm warning and EC canceled the wind warning. Haven't heard of any reports this side of the border. Not to say something didn't happen, though. We just don't have public storm report data and the news doesn't necessarily keep up with the weather.

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Something kinda interesting...between 1950-2011, there were 9 years that had tornadoes in Indiana in January. Every one of those winters was a La Nina.

Have there been any significant January tornadoes in Indiana or have they all been generally weak?

I'm looking through the Ontario hazards info right now to see if we've had any Jan activity....which there hasn't been. Only off-season tornado in ON was an F2 in Dec 1946.

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Have there been any significant January tornadoes in Indiana or have they all been generally weak?

I'm looking through the Ontario hazards info right now to see if we've had any Jan activity....which there hasn't been. Only off-season tornado in ON was an F2 in Dec 1946.

A little over a quarter of the Jan tornadoes were rated F2 or greater. One of the more notable ones was an F4 that moved out of Illinois on January 7, 1989.

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