EF0 tornado in Preble County, Ohio
Tornado March 31, 2023 · Preble County, Ohio
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 the National Weather Service wrote
The first sign of tornadic damage appeared near the intersection of Hawley Mills Road and New Paris Twins Road, where uprooted trees and a significant loss of roof panels from a barn occurred. The tornado continued to uproot trees off of New Paris Twins Road and caused some walls of an older barn building to collapse before traveling further northeastward through some open fields.
The next points of damage were observed near the intersection of New Paris Twins Road and Rawley Road. Here, multiple barns had an observed loss of metal roof panels, with one barn in particular showing more extensive damage with some bent/collapsed barn doors. One of the residential homes also displayed some paneling damage on the back side of the building.
Near the end of its path, the tornado uprooted multiple trees and caused another barn door to cave inwards. The final damage noted from this tornado occurred off of Gettysburg Darke Rd, where significant loss of a barn roof occurred and pieces of the sheet metal were tossed into the yard and nearby trees. The tornado is believed to have dissipated shortly after this location.
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 New Paris (39.8617, -84.7751).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1081304. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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