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Tornado May 29, 1995 · Summit County, Ohio

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Not rated
1.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$1.5M
Damage as recorded
Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down just north of the intersection of Hametown Road and Copley Road and moved east to Copley Center. Several businesses were damaged including a plastics manufacturer where an office building and warehouse suffered roof and structural damage. Several trucks were overturned. A lumber and home center just outside of Copley Center suffered signifcant damage, estimated at about $500,000. About 20 homes suffered minor to moderate damage. Numerous trees were downed. A local haunted house business was struck and several dummy bodies were blown from the building. Residents mistook the dummies for real bodies and reported them to the police.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10339690. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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