EF0 tornado — Highland County, Ohio

EF0 tornado in Highland County, Ohio

Tornado March 3, 2023 · Highland County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 near Panhandle Road, just west of Wolfe Road. One house on Panhandle Road had siding damage on the east-facing wall. A shed behind another home was largely demolished, with debris strewn about a quarter mile into the field to the north-northeast.

A few homes on Wolfe Road had roof and siding damage. One home even had damage to the siding on both the east and north facing walls. Some minor tree damage was observed near a bend in Wolfe Road with no additional damage observed further to the north.

The wider storm

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

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074120. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Highland County, Ohio

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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