EF0 Tornado — Putnam, Ohio

2008-05-30 · near Glandorf, Putnam, Ohio

Event narrative

The tornado formed near Road 13I just south of Township Highway I and dissipated near the Firefox Lake Private Subdivision. As the tornado moved toward the Blanchard River it quickly widened to a peak width of 464 yards or just a little over a quarter of a mile. The tornado continued east before crossing the river again and quickly weakening. The most significant damage occurred along Township Highway I between Roads 13 and 13I. The tornado destroyed six outbuildings including pole barns and well built buildings constructed on a foundation. Over a half dozen homes were damaged with several sustaining major damage including the complete removal of roofs. A large amount of agricultural equipment and eleven vehicles were also damaged or destroyed with total monetary losses initially estimated at $1,200,000.

Wider weather episode

A moderately unstable, sheared environment was in place across northwestern Ohio ahead of a cold front. The atmosphere remained capped until the evening hours, when storms began to develop rapidly with a few becoming severe. The severe storms were confined south of a Paulding to Leipsic line. A tornado touched down in the Glandorf area with other areas seeing straight-line wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 91817. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.