An EF1 tornado has been confirmed to have touched down in Richland and Ashland counties during Monday night’s storm.
The twister struck at 11:33 p.m. Monday, according to Raelene Campbell, a meteorologist with the Cleveland office of the National Weather Service.
“It was just north of Butler in Richland County,” Campbell said. “It went just south of Perrysville in Ashland County.”
Tornado’s path nearly six miles long
The official report states the tornado touched down three miles north of Butler, then dissipated four miles south of Perrysville.
The storm produced winds of up to 105 miles per hour.
The tornado was never wider that 100 yards, and was on the ground for 5.8 miles.
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service evaluated all of the damage in Richland and Ashland counties to determine the severity of the storms that struck Monday night and early Tuesday morning.
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“There were no injuries or fatalities,” Campbell said. “That was the only tornado we had in Richland County. All of the other damage was driven by straight line winds.”
“The tornado touched down and destroyed an outbuilding near Possum Run Road and Snyder Road,” the weather service report reads. “The tornado tracked eastward south of Possum Run Road and produced extensive tree damage as it moved east and remained south of Pleasant Hill Lake. The tornado then turned southeast and became more intermittent and entered Mohican State Park and produced additional tree damage.”
Tornado part of derecho
The entire storm that traveled through the heart of Ohio has been labeled a derecho, Campbell explained.
“It impacted all of central Ohio,” she said.
Criteria for calling a storm a derecho include the population affected, overall wind speeds and the amount of damage it left behind.
The tornado was just one isolated byproduct of the larger derecho.
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