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EF0 tornado in Pickaway County, Ohio

Tornado July 17, 2022 · Pickaway County, Ohio

EF0
Rating
6.0 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
3
Injuries
$260K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Pickaway County → Fairfield County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

The first damage occurred on three separate properties on the west side of Kingston Pike where an RV was flipped on its side and a neighboring house had roof damage.

One injury was reported within the RV. Another property received minor structural damage. The tornado continued east-northeast and caused tree and minor structural damage to properties along Gay-Dreisbach Road and Ludwig-Dresback Road. The maximum width of the tornado was likely on Ludwig-Dresback Road due to the tree damage observed. Beyond this damage, accessibility became more challenging and the distance between damage points increased. The tornado may have lifted several times throughout the remainder of the track as the tornado became less organized.

It is unknown if any damage occurred between Morris Salem Road and State Route 56 East. On the north side of State Route 56 East, a single property received minor tree and structure damage with the worst damage associated with a new outbuilding that collapsed. Two more injuries were reported within this structure. After crossing more agricultural fields, damage was observed at the Logan Elm School property on Tarlton Road. Several buildings received minor damage along with damage to various portions of the sports complex. Security camera footage helped confirm that a circulation was still evident at this location.

The tornado moved northeast across Tarlton Road and weakened as it continued into Fairfield County, ending at 1522EST, about 2.2 miles south of Stoutsville.

The wider storm

Showers with embedded thunderstorms developed ahead of a low pressure system moving through the Great Lakes region.

Began near Hayesville (39.5450, -82.9335).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1035781. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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