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F3 tornado in Logan County, Ohio

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Logan County, Ohio

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$30K

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 F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 tornado touched down across the extreme eastern part of the county and moved northeast, continuing into Union County. Two semi trailers and a shed roof were damaged.

Began near East Liberty (40.3500, -83.5500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Union County F1 Union County F1 Adams County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5323124. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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