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EF0 tornado in Union County, Ohio

Tornado December 29, 2024 · Union County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$15K

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

The weak tornado began on a property near Payne Road just west of Marysville, Ohio. The tornado toppled a small silo, several small to medium-sized trees, and caused minor damage to an older barn and a few roof shingles. Additional damage occurred to a large metal barn located around a third of a mile to the north. This barn sustained uplift of the roof along with partial collapse of the metal walls. In addition, several trees were snapped in the woods adjacent to the barn.

The wider storm

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours as an upper level disturbance moved through the Ohio Valley.

Began near West Marysville (40.2158, -83.4027).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1224362. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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