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EF0 tornado in Allen County, Ohio

Tornado April 1, 2023 · Allen County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

A tornado touched down on McClure Road, south of Ada Rd and

tracked northeast across Fisher Road before weakening. 2 barns as

well as several trees were damaged. Maximum winds were estimated

at 85 mph with a maximum width of 75 yards.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developing in the evening of March 31 resulted in multiple weather hazards. Trees were downed and property was damaged from thunderstorm wind gusts. In the days that followed, storm damage surveys teams confirmed multiple tornadoes has moved through.

Began near Lafayette (40.7593, -83.9851).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Allen County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1086305. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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