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F1 tornado in Huron County, Ohio

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Huron County, Ohio

F1
Rating
12.5 mi
Whole path
50 yd
Path width
$1.3M
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The same thunderstorm that produced the deadly Seneca County tornado spawned another tornado in northwestern Huron County. This tornado touched down near the intersection of Young Road and State Route 4 southeast of Bellevue and northwest of Hunts Corners. The tornado moved northeast for around seven and a half miles before entering Erie County north of Monroeville near the intersection of Section Line Road and State Route 113. The tornado caused some damage in Lyme Township. The township hall and garage located on Young Road near Section Line Road were severely damaged. Trucks and other heavy equipment stored in the garage were destroyed. As the tornado continued northeast it destroyed a few barns and caused minor damage to some homes. Many trees and power poles were downed along the damage path which was mostly 25 to 50 yards in width.

Began near Hunts Corner (41.2167, -82.7667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Seneca County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322524. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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