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EF0 tornado in Delaware County, Ohio

Tornado June 5, 2024 · Delaware County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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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

Video taken near the intersection of Olive Green Road and Fredricks Road, looking east, showed a brief tornado developing and then dissipating rather quickly as it moved through a wooded area along Porter Central Road. Delaware County Emergency Management confirmed minor tree damage in the area, which supported an estimated wind speed of 65 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front moved through the Ohio Valley, causing showers and thunderstorms out ahead of it. Some of the storms produced heavy rain and flash flooding.

Began near East Liberty (40.3156, -82.8008).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Licking County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1186156. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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