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Tornado in Putnam County, Ohio

Tornado May 7, 2024 · Putnam County, Ohio

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

5 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 5 yards (0.00 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter reported a brief tornado touched down south of Belmore. No damage noted.

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 Belmore (41.1227, -83.9431).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Paulding County EF0 Paulding County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1167160. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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