EF0 tornado — Licking County, Ohio

EF0 tornado in Licking County, Ohio

Tornado April 2, 2024 · Licking County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

5.3 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 developed in Franklin Township near Sand Hollow Road SE and moved northeast, causing mainly tree and minor structural damage along its path. Tree damage was noted in a path from Sand Hollow Road SE, northeast along Fairview Road, and then on Brownsville Road SE and across Poplar Forks Road SE before it dissipated. Minor structural damage to barns and outbuildings was also noted on Poplar Forks Road SE as well as Fairview Road. Damage along the entire path was estimated to be caused by 70 to 75 mph winds.

The wider storm

A low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1168807. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Licking County, Ohio

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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