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June 3-4, 2008
Five Rounds of Severe Weather
A nearly stationary frontal boundary stretched across the
ILN forecast area during the first week of June, 2008.
With plenty of heat and humidity, there was abundant
instability for thunderstorms to repeatedly develop across
the region. Roughly speaking, five separate rounds of
severe weather affected the area between the afternoon of
Tuesday, June 3, and the evening of Wednesday, June 4.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio,
conducted a number of storm damage surveys on June
5 and June 6. All survey determinations have been
finalized, and the survey results (as issued originally in
Public Information Statements) have been copied below.
The reports are ordered chronologically.
For a summary of each severe event, see the links below:
Photos of the storms and damage.
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| Warnings Issued: |
Tornado: 22 |
Severe T-Storm: 40 |
Flash Flood: 22 |
...MICROBURST CONFIRMED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT A MICROBURST CAUSED
DAMAGE OVER ROBERTSON COUNTY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...JUNE 3 BETWEEN
430 PM AND 435 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS LOCATED TO THE
NORTHEAST OF MOUNT OLIVET. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AND
THE LOSS OF VINYL SIDING. ONE HOME HAD A SECOND STORY WINDOW WITH
BROKEN GLASS WITH THE WINDOW FRAME BLOWN INWARDS. SEVERAL BARNS HAD
OUTER WALLS COLLAPSED WITH THE LOSS OF METAL ROOF PANELS. THESE
BARNS APPEARED TO BE OLDER AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED. NUMEROUS TREES
SNAPPED NEAR THE TRUNK OR COMPLETELY UPROOTED. WIND GUSTS WERE
ESTIMATED BETWEEN 80 AND 85 MPH.
...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN NORTHWEST BUTLER COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD IN NORTHWEST BUTLER COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY
A WEAK TORNADO TUESDAY EVENING...JUNE 3 BETWEEN 9 PM AND 910 PM. THE
DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO A FARM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KING ROAD ABOUT
THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD. THE HOMEOWNER WITNESSED THE TORNADO
APPROACHING AS IT CAUSED TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE TREE LINE TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY. A FEW TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE ALSO
KNOCKED DOWN ACROSS THE PROPERTY. AN ADJACENT OLDER HOUSE HAD ITS
ROOF REMOVED. A WELL BUILT AND FAIRLY NEW BARN HAD HALF OF ITS ROOF
PEELED OFF IN A NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION. A LARGE METAL DOOR ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE BARN WAS RIPPED OFF AND BLOWN 25 YARDS TO THE NORTH
BEFORE WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF AN ADJACENT SILO. METAL
SIDING FROM THE BARN WAS ALSO REMOVED AND FOUND SEVERAL YARDS TO THE
EAST OF THE BARN NEAR THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY. THE HOMEOWNER...WHO
TOOK SHELTER AFTER WITNESSING THE INITIAL DAMAGE IN THE TREE
LINE...INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO CAME THROUGH IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS.
THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH
WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AROUND 75 MPH.
...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE NEAR MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A
WEAK BRIEF TORNADO ON EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...JUNE 4 BETWEEN 1225
AM AND 1230 AM. A BARN AND A SHED SUSTAINED DAMAGE AT A RESIDENCE
ALONG JONESBORO ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE. TWO TREES AND
NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WERE DOWNED IN THE AREA. THIS
TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...WITH
WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH.
...WEAK TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN EASTERN
HAMILTON COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE IN NEWTOWN IN EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A WEAK
TORNADO ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...JUNE 4 BETWEEN 745 AND 750 AM. THE
DAMAGE PATH WAS BROKEN ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OF NEWTOWN...SUGGESTING
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY A FEW TIMES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
EITHER BROKEN OFF OR UPROOTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LITTLE MIAMI
RIVER TO THE NORTHWEST OF CLEAR CREEK PARK. THE MAJORITY OF THE
DAMAGE WAS CENTERED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF STATE ROUTE 32 NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF TURPIN LANE. SEVERAL METAL AWNINGS AT A BUSINESS ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF ROUTE 32 WERE THROWN ACROSS THE ROAD AND LANDED IN
THE PARKING LOT OF A NURSERY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROUTE 32.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AT THE NURSERY INCLUDED A PORTABLE TOILET BEING
THROWN OVER A CEMENT SOIL BIN AND LANDING IN THE PARKING LOT AT A
RIGHT ANGLE TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. THE OWNER OF THE NURSERY WAS
LOCATED IN A TRUCK IN AN ADJACENT FIELD AND WITNESSED ROTATION IN
THE CLOUDS AND THE TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHING DOWN. HE ALSO INDICATED
THAT HIS TRUCK WAS SHIFTED SIDEWAYS SLIGHTLY BY THE WINDS.
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN MOUND VIEW PARK TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF THE NURSERY. A BROKEN DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED ABOUT 1.5 MILES
THROUGH THIS AREA. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND 75
MPH.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN HYDE PARK FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING...JUNE 4 WAS
FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A FEW LARGE TREES WERE
UPROOTED WITH BRANCHES BROKEN OFF ALONG ERIE AVENUE JUST WEST OF THE
INTERSECTION WITH DELTA AVENUE. JUST EAST OF THIS AREA...NUMEROUS
TREES WERE UPROOTED IN AULT PARK. THE WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED TO
BE AROUND 65 MPH.
...EF0 TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN FAR
SOUTHERN DEARBORN COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF AURORA INDIANA IN FAR SOUTHERN
DEARBORN COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
THE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG COLE ROAD ABOUT HALF A MILE SOUTH
OF US ROUTE 50...MAINLY CONFINED TO A TRAILER PARK JUST WEST OF COLE
ROAD. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON JUNE 4 AT ABOUT 600 PM. FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED. MINOR ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
OCCURRED TO HOMES AND TRAILERS AS WELL. SOME ROOFS WERE NEARLY
LIFTED OFF OF THE TRAILERS...SUGGESTING SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
AS WELL. SKIRTING WAS BLOWN AWAY FROM NUMEROUS TRAILERS AS WELL.
SOME TRAILERS WERE ALSO DAMAGED DUE TO THE IMPACT OF FALLING TREES.
THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA
SCALE...WITH WINDS OF 65 TO 70 MPH.
IN ADDITION...A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR AURORA WAS SURVEYED IN DEARBORN
COUNTY. THE DAMAGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED
BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...WHICH OCCURRED BETWEEN 605 AND 610 PM ON
JUNE 4. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED...UPROOTED...OR SPLIT OFF. SOME
OF THE TREES WERE VERY LARGE AND HEALTHY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED
TO SOME HOMES AND GARAGES. SOME TREES AND LARGE LIMBS FELL ON HOUSES
AND CARS AS WELL. WIND SPEEDS IN THIS AREA WERE ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH.
THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS SUSTAINING STRAIGHT-LINE WIND
DAMAGE THROUGHOUT DEARBORN COUNTY. WHILE MUCH OF IT OCCURRED DURING
THE EVENING OF JUNE 4...SOME DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED WITH THE FIRST
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 3.
...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN NORTHEAST PENDLETON COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE NEAR PEACH GROVE IN NORTHEAST PENDLETON COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY
A WEAK TORNADO ON WEDNESDAY EVENING...JUNE 4 BETWEEN 615 PM AND 625
PM. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON EITHER SIDE OF STATE ROUTE 10
JUST NORTH OF PEACH GROVE. A HOUSE ON THE WEST SIDE OF STATE ROUTE
10 HAD SIDING RIPPED OFF AND GARAGE DOOR DAMAGE. A FEW LARGE HAY
BARNS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED ACROSS ROUTE 10 FROM THE HOUSE. ONE OF
THE BARNS SUSTAINED SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH THE ROOF TAKEN OFF
AND ALL OF THE OUTSIDE WALLS BLOWN OUT. DEBRIS FROM THE ROOF WAS
FOUND SCATTERED TO THE EAST OF THE BARN. BOTH BARNS APPEARED TO BE
OLD AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED.
THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TOOK PLACE AT A RESIDENCE JUST NORTH OF
THE AFFECTED BARNS ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 10. THE PROPERTY HAS
TWO GARAGES...ONE ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE AND A STANDALONE GARAGE...
BOTH OF WHICH SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE GARAGE DOOR ON THE STANDALONE
GARAGE WAS BLOWN INWARD...WITH A BACK DOOR BLOWN OUT INTO THE YARD
BEHIND THE STRUCTURE. TOOLS INSIDE THE GARAGE WERE BLOWN OUT THE
BACK AND STREWN ACROSS THE YARD. A METAL TRAILER PARKED BETWEEN THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE WEST FACING GARAGE AND AN ADJACENT STONE WALL WAS
PICKED UP AND PLACED BEHIND (OR TO THE EAST OF) THE GARAGE
PERPENDICULAR TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. NO DRAG MARKS WERE EVIDENT
IN THE GROUND...INDICATING THE TORNADO CLEANLY PICKED UP THE
TRAILER. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE HOME INCLUDED AN INTERIOR DOOR
FRAME BLOWN INWARD INTO THE KITCHEN. ITEMS IN THE KITCHEN WERE
STREWN AS A RESULT OF THE WINDS. NUMEROUS DECIDUOUS TREES WERE
UPROOTED AND BROKEN THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. IT APPEARS THERE WERE TWO
BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN THIS AREA...WITH THE TOTAL DAMAGE PATH ACROSS
STATE ROUTE 10 ABOUT A HALF MILE LONG. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS WITH
THIS TORNADO WERE AT 80 TO 85 MPH...CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGH END OF
THE EF0 CATEGORY.
...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE IN MONROE IN EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS WEDNESDAY EVENING...JUNE 4 BETWEEN 635 PM AND 645 PM. THE
MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE COUNTRY ESTATES
NEIGHBORHOOD OFF CINCINNATI-DAYTON ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
DOWNED...AND MANY WERE UPROOTED. SEVERAL HOMES HAD SECTIONS OF
SIDING REMOVED ALONG WITH MINOR CHIMNEY DAMAGE. A FEW FENCES WERE
ALSO BLOWN OVER. MANY RESIDENTS INTERVIEWED INDICATED THAT THE HIGH
WINDS WERE SUSTAINED FOR BETTER THAN FIVE MINUTES.
DAMAGE EXTENDED ALONG A MILE PATH THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS
ABOUT ONE HALF MILE IN WIDTH. HIGHEST WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE
APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH.
...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN CLERMONT
AND NORTHERN BROWN COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS DETERMINED THAT
DAMAGE IN GOSHEN AND WAYNE TOWNSHIPS IN CLERMONT COUNTY
AND IN PERRY TOWNSHIP IN BROWN COUNTY WERE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS.
DAMAGE VIEWED INCLUDED LOSS OF LARGE SECTIONS OF ROOF SHINGLES...A
GARAGE DOOR BLOWN IN...MANY LARGE TREES EITHER SPLIT OR UPROOTED...
WITH SOME TREES CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOMES.
THE WORST SEVERE HOME DAMAGE COINCIDED WITH THE LOCATION WITH
THE GREATEST NUMBER OF FALLEN TREES...IN GOSHEN TOWNSHIP IN
CLERMONT COUNTY.
DAMAGE IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP OCCURRED MAINLY NEAR AND NORTH OF STONELICK
STATE PARK. THIS DAMAGE CONSISTED OF LARGE TREES EITHER SPLIT OR
WITH LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...AS WELL AS A LARGE MOVABLE SIGN BEING
TOSSED ACROSS THE ROAD INTO THE SIDE OF A HOME.
FURTHER EAST IN BROWN COUNTY...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE EITHER
UPROOTED OR SPLIT...WITH MANY HOMES HAVING SHINGLES TORN OFF. THE
ROOF OF A HOME PORCH WAS ALSO TORN OFF AND TOSSED TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE HOME. THE HOME SUSTAINING THE GARAGE DOOR DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED
IN PERRY TOWNSHIP IN BROWN COUNTY.
DAMAGE IN BOTH AREAS WAS FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION.
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