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EF0 tornado in Scioto County, Ohio

Tornado March 2, 2012 · Scioto County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$170K

Damage as recorded

$10K

Crop damage

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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 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 tornado touched down along Rocky Fork Road, about 2 miles southwest of Otway. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees in groves as it moved northeast along Rocky Fork Road and Highway 348. The tornado then lifted just as it hit the town of Otway, where it damaged two homes and heavily damaged a fire station. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum estimated wind speed of this tornado was 75 miles per hour.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in a high wind shear environment ahead of a strengthening low pressure system. Many of these storms became severe, with large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes all being the main threats.

Began near Otway (38.8455, -83.2138).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Clermont County 3 dead EF2 Adams County 1 dead EF1 Adams County EF0 Scioto County EF0 Pike County EF0 Adams County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 370176. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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