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EF1 tornado in Auglaize County, Ohio

Tornado March 14, 2024 · Auglaize County, Ohio

EF1
Rating
15.9 mi
Whole path
1,050 yd
Path width
$750K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Mercer County → Auglaize County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,050 yards (0.60 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

The tornado initially began in the city of Celina in Mercer County, Ohio, at 1800EST. It moved east and entered Auglaize County, just north of State Route 29 at 1808EST. The tornado continued east, producing EF1 damage from the county line to around the intersection of State Route 116 and Markey Road, where the observed damage consisted mostly of damaged out-buildings, a few damaged houses, and numerous downed trees.

To the east of State Route 116, the tornado began to slowly contract in size as it continued eastward. Radar data showed a steady eastward motion with the circulation remaining intact for seven additional miles. The observed damage during this portion of the tornado was mostly tree related. The final observed damage was found along Bay Road, north of U.S. Route 33.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed in an unseasonably warm and humid airmass ahead of an approaching cold front.

Began near Villa Nova (40.5660, -84.4560).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Logan County 3 deadEF3 Randolph County 1 deadEF2 Union CountyEF1 Mercer CountyEF1 Delaware County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1161963. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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