EF0 Tornado — Pickaway, Ohio

2023-02-27 · near Harrisburg, Pickaway, Ohio

Event narrative

The tornado began south of Darby Creek Road in the Fox Lair Farms neighborhood where two single-wide manufactured homes were flipped on their sides. Minor damage continued through the neighborhood before the tornado crossed Darby Creek Road, damaging a single property. On this property, the garage roof was lifted off the structure and landed on the other side of Darby Creek Road.

The tornado likely crossed Big Darby Creek, however, damage could not be verified due to the lack of accessible roads.

The next area of damage was observed toward the town of Orient, where multiple abandoned structures were damaged at the Pickaway Correctional Institution south of town. This damage was verified through video shared on social media. Most of the structures had large amounts of roof panel loss which was scattered across a nearby field.

The only signs of the tornado in the town of Orient was scattered building insulation found in trees. It is believed that the tornado likely dissipated as it entered Orient.

Wider weather episode

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1074033. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.