Home / Ohio / Fulton

EF1 tornado in Fulton County, Ohio

Tornado August 11, 2021 · Fulton County, Ohio

EF1

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

70 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 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

Most of the damage surveyed was consistent with an EF0 tornado, but there was a small area of EF1 damage in the middle of the track near the intersection of s. Fayette Street and County Road R. The EF1 damage included several large and healthy tree trunks up to 2 feet in diameter snapped in half. A large branch approximately 10 feet in length and 1 foot diameter was lofted around 15 yards into the side of a house and caused considerable damage to a balcony. Sheet metal roofing was also lofted over 200 yards and caused roof damage to Fayette School. Maximum winds of 85 to 90 mph were estimated.

The wider storm

Convection initiated in Central Illinois and developed into a convective line as it approached Indiana. Thunderstorms developed in the warm sector ahead of the initial line and produced multiple outflow interactions. As the line moved into Ohio, embedded rear inflow jets within the line of storms resulted in several swaths of wind damage and isolated tornadoes.

Began near Fayette (41.6664, -84.3284).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Van Wert County EFU Van Wert County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 982539. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.