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EF1 Tornado — Coshocton, Ohio

2024-05-07 · near Wakatomika, Coshocton, Ohio

$100K

Property damage

0.1 mi

Path length

197 yds

Path width

Event narrative

The same severe thunderstorm that produced an earlier tornado in Muskingum County then produced another brief EF1 tornado as it moved east-northeast into southern Coshocton County. Damage was noted to a home, outbuilding, and trees just off of County Road 439. It's believed that the tornado touched down very close to the house itself with the bulk of the damage occurring on the northeast side of the house, opposite of the parent thunderstorm's southwest to northeast motion. The outbuilding had its roof removed and most of its walls completely collapsed save for part of one side that remained standing. The tornado removed the entire metal roof throwing it in pieces several hundred yards downstream into a field as well as upstream where two pieces were wrapped around the top of a tree. While most walls remained standing, the back side of the home was torn off and laid on the ground. It was this damage that the highest EF1 wind speed of 105

mph was observed. Insulation from this part of the home was thrown all over the property and plastered on all sides of the home. Several healthy softwood trees were uprooted in the backyard.

Wider weather episode

Potent low pressure tracked across the Upper Midwest from May 7th into May 8th, pushing an occluded boundary across the Upper Ohio Valley. Strong warm and moist advection kept conditions favorable for convection into the overnight hours, with high levels of shear and a surface trough also supporting storm development. Cyclic supercell structures supported higher-end straight line wind damage, as well as three tornadoes in eastern Ohio. One of these ended up being one of the stronger and more significant tornadoes in the region's recent history, a high-end EF2 that ultimately tracked across 15 miles and three states.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1183496. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.