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EF0 tornado in Miami County, Ohio

Tornado May 27, 2019 · Miami County, Ohio

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A very brief/weak tornado touched down just south of Alcony along State Highway 41 and moved northeast for about a mile before crossing State Highway 41 and dissipating just before the Clark County line.

The path featured intermittent tree damage consisting of a few uprooted trees, and a few trees snapped off high above the ground. A fence row near the end of the tornado track had collected roofing material and tree debris from an unknown source, indicating that a roof and tree limbs along the path likely were partially removed and lifted downstream. The tornado may not have been in full contact with the ground over the entire path length, but there was a clear path of sporadic tree damage that aligned with strong rotation seen at very low levels (100 feet AGL) on the Dayton Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDAY) which is located just a few miles west of the location.

Based on the damage, the maximum wind speeds were estimated to be around 70 mph.

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 Alcony (40.0066, -84.0594).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 818160. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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