EF0 tornado in Brown County, Ohio
Tornado April 3, 2025 · Brown County, Ohio
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Brown County → Clinton County → Highland County → Clinton County → Highland County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado began near U.S. Route 68, just to the northeast of Fayetteville, where a barn was destroyed. Barn debris was thrown into a field just to the northeast. Numerous trees were knocked over, snapped or uprooted on the Chatfield College property and trees were also downed along Brown County Inn Road. The tornado then entered Highland County at 0020EST, just north of Brown County Inn Road. From here, the tornado continued across Highland County, into Clinton County and then back into Highland County, before ending near Lynchburg at 0024EST.
The wider storm
Thunderstorms developed during the late evening and continued into the overnight hours as a strong low pressure system lifted northeast through the Ohio Valley.
Began near Fayetteville (39.1990, -83.9300).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1243109. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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