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EF1 tornado in Clermont County, Ohio

Tornado February 25, 2018 · Clermont County, Ohio

EF1
Rating
3.5 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$85K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado is believed to have first touched down on Neville Penn Schoolhouse Road about halfway between Felicity and Neville. Tree damage in this area was very extensive, with many trees uprooted and others snapped. In addition, a mobile home was destroyed. Damage continued further northeast on Neville-Penn Schoolhouse Road, with debris from one damaged structure observed blown against a fence line and into the nearby trees. A few other structures on Neville-Penn Schoolhouse Road suffered roof damage, including two barns which had partial roof removal. Additional tree damage was observed further northeast, with a few trees snapped north of OH-756.

The wider storm

Strong to severe thunderstorms, with very heavy rainfall, developed ahead of a cold front.

Began near Moscow (38.8269, -84.1748).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Brown County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 733109. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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