PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
449 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

...TORNADO IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEAR THE
TOWN OF BALTIMORE AT APPROXIMATELY 1247 AM.  THE TORNADO TOPPED OFF
SOME TREES AND KNOCKED DOWN A FEW POWER POLES. CURRENT INDICATIONS
ARE THAT THE TORNADO WAS AN F0 (40 TO 72 MPH).

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
AT 1231 AM FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY...WHICH WAS UPGRADED TO A TORNADO
WARNING SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.

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TIPTON


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
350 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1115 PM    SPRINGFIELD               OH   WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02   CLARK                          TREES DOWN SOUTH AND EAST
                                          OF SPRINGFIELD. 

1145 PM    LONDON                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02   MADISON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          THE SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY

1213 AM    GROVE CITY                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   FRANKLIN                       

1218 AM    GROVE CITY                OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   FRANKLIN                       

1239 AM    4 SW REYNOLDSBURG         OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   FRANKLIN                       

1240 AM    PICKERINGTON              OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   FAIRFIELD                      

1247 AM    2 SE BALTIMORE            OH   TORNADO
05/02/02   FAIRFIELD                      SPOTTER OBSERVED TORNADO
                                          TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN BADER AND
                                          BASIL ROADS. TOPPED SEVERAL
                                          TREES OFF. 

0307 AM    8 W SPRINGFIELD           OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   CLARK                          

0316 AM    1 W SPRINGFIELD           OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   CLARK                          

0325 AM    2 E SPRINGFIELD           OH   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   CLARK                          ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME.

0352 AM    LONDON                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   MADISON                        

0405 AM    GROVEPORT                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   FRANKLIN                       A FEW TREES DOWN AND
                                          SIDING BLOWN OFF OF ONE
                                          HOUSE. 

0410 AM    GROVEPORT                 OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   FRANKLIN                       

0415 AM    PICKERINGTON              OH   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   FAIRFIELD                      SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE
                                          NORTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY. 

0417 AM    GROVE CITY                OH   TSTM WIND GUST 
05/02/02   FRANKLIN                       64 MPH MEASURED

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