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EF1 tornado in Butler County, Ohio

Tornado February 27, 2023 · Butler County, Ohio

EF1
Rating
4.2 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 tornado first touched down near the intersection of Jacksonburg Road and Oxford Middletown Road, where some minor roof and tree damage was observed. Damage was more pronounced at properties along Middletown Eaton Road. Several homes had fascia and shingles removed. One house even lost some plywood underneath the shingles.

The strongest winds occurred at a property on Elk Creek Road, just north of the bridge over Elk Creek. A home on the east side of the road had the roof removed from the second story, with the back wall also failing in the process. This is where the tornado is likely to have been at its maximum intensity, with the degree of damage and structural damage to the home supporting an estimated wind speed of 110 mph. A barn at this property was leveled, with some debris moved slightly west from its original location and other debris strewn downwind to the northeast across a field.

Roof and tree damage was observed at several properties on both sides of West Alexandria Road, with varying degrees of shingle removal, and a few patches of trees with a significant percentage of the trees snapped off. Damage continued east-northeast to Dickey Road, with debris from these properties found as much as a third of a mile away, in a field on the east side of the road.

At one property on Hetzler Road, some minor roof and tree damage was observed. This is believed to be the last damage from the tornado.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Jacksonburgh (39.5381, -84.5036).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Clark CountyEF0 Pickaway CountyEF0 Licking County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1073931. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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