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EF0 tornado in Madison County, Ohio

Tornado May 18, 2020 · Madison County, Ohio

EF0
Rating
1.9 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

The tornado is believed to have first touched down in a field south of London-Lockbourne Road. Video showed the tornado crossing London-Lockbourne Road and then moving northeast into the Lilly Chapel area. The tornado produced damage along Lilly Chapel-Georgesville Road. One barn was destroyed and metal from the roof was thrown across the road into neighboring yards. Tree damage was also observed along Lilly Chapel-Georgesville Road. The tornado then quickly lifted in a field as no damage was observed along Gerich Lilly Road. Based on the damage, the maximum winds were estimated to be 85 MPH.

The wider storm

A slow moving upper level low pressure system produced showers and thunderstorms across the Ohio Valley.

Began near Lilly Chapel (39.8674, -83.2909).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 882250. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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