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EF0 tornado in Vinton County, Ohio

Tornado June 8, 2022 · Vinton County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$250

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A group of trees were uprooted with some smaller trees snapped near a campsite and backpacking trail in the Zaleski State Forest. The trees showed signs of convergence. Due to dense forest and limitation of ground survey, it is unknown how far the damage path actually went into the forest. However, additional tree damage found in a logged area farther east on King Hollow Road was likely the eastward extent of the path.

The wider storm

A cold front accompanying a low pressure system swept through southeast Ohio on the afternoon and evening of June 8th. Strong to severe thunderstorms preceded the frontal passage, which imposed wind damage, large hail, an instance of flash flooding, and three areas ravaged by a tornado. These were confirmed to have occurred in Vinton County with numerous uprooted trees within the damage path.

Began near Hope (39.3263, -82.3178).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Vinton County EF1 Vinton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1020813. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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