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EF1 tornado in Darke County, Ohio

Tornado May 27, 2019 · Darke County, Ohio

EF1
Rating
10.5 mi
Whole path
300 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$10.1M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Darke County → Miami County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

Damage from this tornado is believed to have begun near the intersection of Schnorf-Jones Road and Stocker Road in Darke County, just over a mile southeast of Pitsburg. From here, the tornado traveled east, affecting West River Red Grove Road. Damage along these roads was generally limited to trees. The tornado crossed into Miami County at 2128EST along Hall Road, about 4 miles east of Pitsburg. The tornado continued to move east across Miami County, eventually ending at 2144EST, about 4 miles southwest of Troy. While the tornado produced low-end EF3 damage in Miami County, the maximum strength in Darke County was consistent with EF1 damage and the maximum tornado width was about 1200 yards.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours along a warm front lifting slowly north across the region. Many of the thunderstorms produced tornadoes, including a few strong to violent tornadoes.

Began near Pitsburg (39.9759, -84.4679).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Montgomery County 1 deadEF3 Mercer County 1 deadEF2 Montgomery CountyEF2 Hocking CountyEF1 Greene CountyEF1 Auglaize CountyEF1 Darke CountyEF1 Darke CountyEF1 Pickaway CountyEF1 Pickaway CountyEF0 Greene CountyEF0 Miami CountyEF0 Hardin CountyEF0 Auglaize CountyEF0 Auglaize CountyEF0 Miami CountyEF0 Miami County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 817672. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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