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EF0 tornado in Mercer County, Ohio

Tornado March 31, 2023 · Mercer County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

8.4 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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

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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

The tornado first touched down near Indian Trail Road and State Route 716. The tornado tracked east-northeast and crossed into Auglaize County near the intersection of State Route 364 and Minster Egypt Pike at 2348EST. The tornado continued northeast into Auglaize County before lifting near Bensman Road at 2353EST. Occasional tree and minor structural damage was noted along its path.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms overspread the area during the late evening hours ahead of a strong low pressure system and an associated cold front moving through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Maria Stein (40.3652, -84.5002).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Auglaize County EF0 Auglaize County EF0 Preble County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1081302. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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