Extreme Weather in Grove City

The National Weather Service reported that investigators have concluded that a tornado
with an estimated speed of 100-110 mph caused significant damage to the city of
Grove City, just south of Colombia.
The National Weather Service sent a storm-damage survey team to Grove City
and announced before 11 am Wednesday that the high winds were an EF1 tornado.

“Our survey team has preliminary determined that an EF1 tornado with estimated
wind speeds between 100-110 MPH was responsible for damage in the Grove City,
near Ohio”. http://t.co/uDssG5T5DK

EF1 is towards the low end of the scale the National Weather Service uses to categorize
tornadoes with EF5 being the most severe with winds reaching 200 mph.
The tornado in Grove City was nearly classified as a EF2 as winds were almost
up to 111 mph. As a result of the extreme weather in Grove City Ohio, 14,535
Ohio residents were without power as of Wednesday morning.     
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As a result of the tornado, a steel flood wall was put in place to ensure the
Scioto River waters went no further as the tornado caused the river to crest.
The temporary flood wall has only been used a couple times within the last 15-20
years according to the assistant director of Columbus Public Utilities John Ivanic.
The flood wall was put up where Greenlawn Ave. runs underneath Interstate 71
South of Downtown Ohio. Many roads are shut down including Interstate 71
and detours are being strongly advised. The weather services are urging drivers to avoid
high water on roads by noting

“Be safe. Turn around, don’t drown”. The extreme weather is expected to remain
in Ohio until the weekend.

The Federal Communications designed an Emergency Alert System for Ohio and
ruled that Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness-Emergency Alert System (EAS)
would be a digital-bad system that would use coding protocols similar to the NOAA
Weather Radio Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME).

The alert system sends out alerts to cable T.V, satellites, pagers, Direct Broadcast Satellite,
High Definition Television, and Video dial Tone. EAS also accounts for the special needs
of specific populations like hearing impaired individuals with differing language
requirements. Ohio Also has many areas of outdoor emergency alert sirens to aid in early notification of extreme weather

Citation:

Perry, K. (2018, April 04). Weather Service confirms EF1 tornado damage Grove City.
Retrieved April, 2018, from
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180404/weather-service-cofirms-ef1-tornado-damage
-grove-city?template=ampart

“Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness EAS and Warning System Testing.”Ohio.gov | OCSWA | EAS and Warning System Testing, 
http://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/EASWarningSystem.aspx.