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EF0 tornado in Butler County, Ohio

Tornado May 7, 2024 · Butler County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 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

This brief tornado moved from south to north along the west side of Cincinnati Dayton Road in southeast Middletown. Several structures in the area sustained damage to roofing material and metal siding. Minor tree damage was also seen in this isolated area. Lastly, a few semi trailers were overturned or lofted briefly.

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 Oakland (39.4759, -84.3437).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Mercer County EF2 Mercer County EF1 Franklin County EF1 Darke County EF1 Butler County EF1 Warren County EF1 Warren County EF0 Warren County EF0 Clinton County EF0 Licking County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179824. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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