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EF0 tornado in Franklin County, Ohio

Tornado February 28, 2024 · Franklin County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

36.1 mi

Whole path

250 yd

Path width

Injuries

$2.6M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Clark County → Madison County → Madison County → Franklin County → Franklin County → Pickaway County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 initially touched down in Madison County at 0514EST, 1 mile east of London. The tornado moved east-northeast and entered Franklin County at 0525EST, about 1.5 miles east southeast of West Jefferson. The tornado caused damage to trees and outbuildings as it moved through far Western Franklin County. The last known damage from this tornado occurred near the intersection of Alton Road and Murnan Road.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours ahead of a cold front moving through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Darby Dan Arpt (39.9223, -83.2424).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Franklin County EF1 Montgomery County EF1 Franklin County EF0 Franklin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1155951. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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