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F1 tornado in Richland County, Ohio

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Richland County, Ohio

F1
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$200K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down three miles west of Ontario just north of Flowers Road and about a mile west of State Route 314. The tornado traveled northeast and leveled a cinder block building and caused extensive structural damage to a house. A car parked near the house was punctured in several spots by debris and hand tools blown from the cinder block building. Many trees were downed along the damage path which was nearly one mile in length and about 25 yards in width. The tornado lifted just before crossing State Route 314.

Began near Ontario (40.7500, -82.6333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Wayne CountyF2 Ashland CountyF2 Medina CountyF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322037. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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