Rhineland tornado damaged homes, farms

By Adam Rollins, Record Staff Writer
Posted 11/7/19

Warren County residents are cleaning up after a tornado blew through the southwestern portion of the county March 7, damaging homes and farm buildings. The tornado developed in Rhineland in …

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Rhineland tornado damaged homes, farms

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Warren County residents are cleaning up after a tornado blew through the southwestern portion of the county March 7, damaging homes and farm buildings.The tornado developed in Rhineland in Montgomery County then moved east into Warren County, causing varying amounts of damage and leaving a path of bent and twisted trees through the woodlands, according to the National Weather Service.Among buildings destroyed by the twister were a barn and garage near Highway 94 and a machine shed near Hickory Heath Road.The tornado was relatively weak, rated EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, a tornado intensity rating system that goes up to EF-5. It traveled along a 21-mile path, stopping just east of Highway 47 south of Warrenton. Estimated peak wind speeds reached 100 mph, and the tornado was 150 yards wide at its maximum.Dana Heath, whose family’s machine shed was destroyed near Hickory Heath Road, said in an email that debris from the shed and a lean-to were blown across their property into a large pile. A week later the damage is mostly cleaned up and they are preparing to rebuild, Heath said.

A machine shed near Hickory Heath Road in Southwestern Warren County was one of several building destroyed by a tornado March 6. Submitted photo/ Dana Heath.

A machine shed near Hickory Heath Road was one of several buildings damaged or destroyed by a tornado that passed through southwestern Warren County last week. Submitted photo/ Dana Heath.


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