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EF0 tornado in Clermont County, Ohio

Tornado March 3, 2023 · Clermont County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

1.3 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

This short-lived tornado is believed to have touched down just south of Bethel New Richmond Road. Numerous homes and outbuildings just west of Sugartree Road sustained minor siding and fascia damage. There were numerous instances of uprooted softwood and hardwood trees, including one large tree that fell on a house.

The tornado moved to the northeast, damaging additional homes and uprooting more trees on the west wide of Sugartree Road. The tornado then crossed a field and knocked down and snapped numerous hardwood trees just on the east side of Sugartree Road, south of Crane School House Road.

Further to the northeast, significant tree damage and roof damage to a home was found along Crane School House Road. Numerous hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped between Crane School House Road and State Route 125. No additional tornadic damage was observed farther to the northeast, as it is believed the tornado lifted prior to getting as far north as State Route 125.

The wider storm

Showers and scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours ahead of a strong low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Nicholsville (38.9590, -84.1280).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Highland County EF0 Highland County EF0 Ross County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074118. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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