TornadoLookup

Home / Ohio / Wood

EF1 tornado in Wood County, Ohio

Tornado November 17, 2013 · Wood County, Ohio

EF1
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 EF1 tornado touched down northwest of North Baltimore along Quarry Road to the west of Liberty Hi Road. A home near the initial touchdown was partially destroyed when a portion of its roof tore off allowing a wall to collapse. The tornado continued on the ground for around a mile before lifting. Damage elsewhere along the damage path consisted of a few downed trees. The parent thunderstorm responsible for this tornado later produced another tornado near Jerry City.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved across northern Ohio during the evening hours of November 17th. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of this front causing significant damage in some areas. At least three tornadoes touched down in Wood County. The strongest of the three, an EF2, crossed into Lucas County. A fourth tornado occurred in Ottawa County. All of the tornadoes downed trees and damaged homes and buildings. Strong non thunderstorm winds also occurred behind the cold front through the evening hours.

Began near North Baltimore (41.1900, -83.7130).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 486103. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.