F1 tornado — Erie County, Ohio

F1 tornado in Erie County, Ohio

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Erie County, Ohio

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

A tornado moved into Erie County from Huron County to the southeast of Kimball near the intersection of Section Line Road and State Route 113. The tornado continued east northeast in the county for around five miles and dissipated north of Milan near the intersection of U.S. Highway 250 and State Route 13. Several high voltage transmission poles were toppled by the tornado in Milan Township. A few homes sustained minor damage and several barns were destroyed. Many trees were downed along the damage path which was generally 25 to 50 yards in width.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322525. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Erie County, Ohio

What the National Weather Service wrote

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