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EF0 tornado in Miami County, Ohio

Tornado April 1, 2023 · Miami County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 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 south of W Sugar Grove Circle Hill Road. It then tracked east through Sugar Grove before ending with damage near Mowry Road. Reports and photo evidence from numerous citizens in the area, in addition to emergency management officials, helped determine the extent of this tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 80 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near Circle Hill (40.0704, -84.3905).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Auglaize County EF0 Miami County EF0 Darke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1081517. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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