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EF0 tornado in Preble County, Ohio

Tornado September 24, 2024 · Preble County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

1.4 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

A weak tornado began in a field south of U.S. Route 35, between Eaton and West Alexandria. The tornado caused minor damage to a barn and house along U.S. Route 35 before it continued into a field to the northeast and dissipated. Additional minor damage to trees and lawn furniture occurred on Woodside Drive and Quinn Road.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours ahead of a low pressure system moving through the region.

Began near Kitson Corners (39.7429, -84.5970).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1208636. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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