EF0 tornado — Warren County, Ohio

EF0 tornado in Warren County, Ohio

Tornado May 7, 2024 · Warren County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.5 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 a wooded lot behind a residence along U.S. Route 22-3, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The residence suffered some minor roof removal and a large adjacent pole barn was completely destroyed. Winds here were estimated to be 80 mph, or EF-0. The tornado continued east along U.S. Route 22-3 for about another half mile, causing additional sporadic tree damage before ending. Debris from the destroyed pole barn was lofted and deposited downstream as far to the east-northeast as State Route 350.

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.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179825. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Warren County, Ohio

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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