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EF0 tornado in Adams County, Ohio

Tornado March 2, 2012 · Adams County, Ohio

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 briefly touched down, causing extensive damage to a barn. Some of the wooden debris from this barn was driven into the ground. Numerous trees in a nearby grove were snapped. 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 Bentonville (38.7796, -83.5716).

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 Scioto County EF0 Pike County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 370272. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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