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F1 tornado in Fayette County, Ohio

Tornado May 14, 1997 · Fayette County, Ohio

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

500 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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 mini supercell spawned a tornado that moved out of Clinton county into Fayette county. A shed was destroyed, a barn and 2 houses were damaged, and 8 trees were downed.

Began near Jasper Mills (39.5200, -83.5500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Clinton County F1 Ross County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5601738. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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