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NOUS41 KCLE 272135
PNSCLE
OHZ037-280145-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
535 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/26/2026 TORNADO EVENT
MORROW COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/26/2026
START TIME: 08:41 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 ENE MOUNT GILEAD / MORROW COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 40.5586 / -82.8073
END DATE: 03/26/2026
END TIME: 08:43 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 E MOUNT GILEAD / MORROW COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 40.5423 / -82.7876
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN NORTHEAST OF MOUNT GILEAD ALONG US 42 NEAR HOME
ROAD, CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE INCLUDING MULTIPLE SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST CROSSING
TOWNSHIP ROAD 103, CAUSING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN
CROSSED OH 95 NEAR TOWNSHIP ROAD 110, DESTROYING A 60FT BY 100FT
OUTBUILDING. DEBRIS FROM THIS OUTBUILDING WAS THROWN 100-
200 YARDS TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST BY THE TORNADO BEFORE THE
TORNADO ENDED.
SCATTERED TREE AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS WERE FOUND BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK,
CONSISTED WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 75 MPH.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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