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EF1 tornado in Paulding County, Ohio

Tornado May 7, 2024 · Paulding County, Ohio

EF1

Rating

6.2 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

Several reports of a funnel cloud were received prior to touchdown. The most extensive tornado damage occurred north of Road 82 along road 151 where several structures were impacted. An unanchored home was slid 18 feet off its foundation into the west side of a barn.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms produced severe tornadoes and damaging wind gusts on the afternoon and evening of May 7. Large hail occurred in Indiana and Michigan, while three tornadoes were documented in Ohio.

Began near Broughton (41.0803, -84.5152).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Paulding County EFU Putnam County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1167157. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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