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F1 tornado in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Cuyahoga County, Ohio

F1
Rating
7.3 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
$17.0M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Summit County → Cuyahoga County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 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

An F1 tornado crossed into Cuyahoga County from Summit County to the south of Glenwillow. The tornado traveled northeast for about four miles and dissipated to the east of Solon. The tornado caused some home damage in Glenwillow and tore the roof off of a business. After moving across a few open fields the tornado crossed into Solon along Pettibone Road. Several homes were damaged on Selworthy and Hollycock Lanes in the Liberty Hill subdivision just north of Pettibone. As the tornado continued northeast it damaged several more homes in the Hunt Club subdivision near the intersection of SOM Center and Arthur Roads. Next hit was the Solon Middle School on SOM Center Road just north of Arthur Road. The school sustained over $2 million in roof and structural damages. As the tornado continued northeast it caused damage in the Ayleshire subdivision along Aurora Road. More home damage occured along Liberty Street near the railroad tracks and on Windy Hill Lane. The tornado finally dissipated on the eastern edge of Solon near Bainbridge Road after damaging around 100 homes in the county. Most of the home damage was minor, but dozens of cars were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees and power poles downed. The damage path was generally 50 to 100 yards in width.

Began near Solon (41.3833, -81.4333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Stark County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322315. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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