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EF1 tornado in Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tornado June 5, 2010 · Tuscarawas County, Ohio

EF1

Rating

12.8 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$550K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Holmes County → Tuscarawas County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

An NWS storm survey found this tornado developed in Holmes county, Ohio around 2 miles south of Walnut Creek and moved into Tuscarawas county one half mile west of SR 93 near SR 39 (See Storm Data for Ohio, North for more information on the beginning portion of this tornado in Holmes county) at 1355EST. This supercell tornado was rated an EF1 with maximum winds of 95 MPH and a maximum width of 100 yards. The tornado dissipated about 3 miles east of Sugercreek at 1400EST. Damage was found to 6 homes and 7 businesses with 2 businesses suffering moderate damage. Numerous trees were snapped, power lines and telephone poles were knocked down, and signs destroyed. A 12 foot aluminum boat was lifted one quarter mile and dropped in a tree.

The wider storm

A nearly stationary frontal boundary across the upper Ohio valley was the focus for severe thunderstorms. A few supercells developed along the front with one severe thunderstorm producing a tornado in Tuscarawas county Ohio. Scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding also occurred over eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.

Began near Shanesville (40.5165, -81.6650).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 229823. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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