F0 tornado in Lorain County, Ohio

Tornado July 9, 1999 · Lorain County, Ohio

Rating

20 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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 touched down briefly near the intersection of Gore Orphange and Stewart Roads (just south of Rochester) then moved east along Steward Road. Trees and powers lines were blown down.

Began near Rochester (41.1200, -82.3000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Mahoning County F1 Huron County F0 Medina County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5705563. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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