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F1 tornado in Wood County, Ohio

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Wood County, Ohio

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$325K

Damage as recorded

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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 in a wooded area between Main Street and Hille Drive. The tornado then traveled northeast for approximately one half mile before dissipating along Fostoria Road just north of State Route 51. A home on Emily Drive lost it's entire roof and had a wall collapse. Four other homes in the area lost sections of roof. Around a dozen trees were toppled along the damage path which was less then 25 yards in width.

Began near Millbury (41.5667, -83.4333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Ottawa County F1 Wood County F0 Wood County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322108. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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