EF1 tornado in Gallia County, Ohio

An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 95 miles per hour first touched down along Hannan Trace Road about 3 miles northeast of Crown City. Several large hardwood trees were observed uprooted in a converging pattern within a narrow ravine at the 1650 block of Hannan Trace Road. This damage extended northeastward out of the ravine and onto the nearby hillside where some damage to barns occurred from fallen trees.

In addition, the roof and exterior walls of a wood frame commercial warehouse were blown off to the south of the path along Hannan Trace Road. Given the location of this particular damage and orientation, this likely occurred from rear flank downdraft winds.

The exact start and end path to the tornado is unknown given the rural area with which it occurred and lack of a road network within the theoretical damage track.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of Ohio at the start of the month of April. An intense squall line raced through portions of southeast Ohio on the late morning of April 2nd, which spawned four tornadoes and caused numerous other locations to observe straight-line wind damage. Additional severe thunderstorms occurred late in the afternoon and into the evening of April 2nd, producing additional tornadoes and wind damage centered within southern and eastern Ohio.

The multiple rounds of rain produced numerous instances of flash flooding around Ohio. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches had fallen across southern and eastern Ohio, with localized amounts near 6 inches observed. Runoff from this rainfall, coupled with heavy rain occurring in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, caused moderate to major flooding along the Ohio River. Moderate flooding was observed first along the lower Muskingum River, with both McConnellsville and Beverly having surpassed their respective moderate flood stage. Drainage into the Ohio River eventually sent the river into flood on April 4th from north to south, with subsequent crests occurring into April 5th. Locations along the upper reaches experienced moderate flooding. In addition, Marietta exceeded major flood stage. Overall impacts were significant with numerous roads and structures observing flooding along the West Virginia side of the river.