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EF0 tornado in Warren County, Ohio

Tornado May 7, 2024 · Warren County, Ohio

EF0
Rating
3.2 mi
Whole path
50 yd
Path width
$520K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 began near a residence along State Route 123, about a half mile east of State Route 48. Damage mainly consisted of a few downed trees, power poles and minor roof damage. A water tank from farm equipment was tossed into a field behind the residence. Sporadic tree damage continued to the east-northeast across Wilmington Road before the tornado ended. Based on the damage, maximum winds were estimated to be 65 mph, or low end EF-0.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening hours ahead of a low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley.

Began near Lebanon (39.4279, -84.1794).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179693. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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