EF1 tornado — Belmont County, Ohio

EF1 tornado in Belmont County, Ohio

Tornado August 12, 2023 · Belmont County, Ohio

EF1

Rating

1.6 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$300K

Damage as recorded

$5K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

An EF-1 tornado started in the Hidden Springs Drive area where at

least three homes had trees fall on them. In addition, several

hardwood trees were uprooted. The tornado continued east-southeast

snapping softwood pines and downing large branches from hardwood

trees on Maynard Road. There was a barn destroyed on Maynard Road

along with minor damage to soffit. The tornado lifted as it

crossed Kagg Hill Road.

The wider storm

A mid-level shortwave trough moved across the northern Great Lakes with a belt of stronger flow moving through the southern Great Lakes. Scattered thunderstorms

developed through midday into the afternoon. Forecast soundings showed some low-level hodograph curvature. Supercells evolved ahead of the cold front and create a large hail and tornado threat.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1134000. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Belmont County, Ohio

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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