520
NOUS41 KILN 142216
PNSILN
OHZ055-151030-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
616 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR AUGUST 11, 2026 TORNADO EVENT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS AN EF1 TORNADO IN SOUTH
COLUMBUS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO.
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/11/2026
START TIME: 10:05 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSE DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS / FRANKLIN COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 39.9288 / -82.9882
END DATE: 08/11/2026
END TIME: 10:09 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW BEXLEY / FRANKLIN COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 39.9221 / -82.9559
AN EF-1 INTENSITY TORNADO OCCURRED IN SOUTH COLUMBUS JUST AFTER 10
A.M. EDT ON AUGUST 11. THE TORNADO BEGAN ON SOUTH 8TH STREET BETWEEN
EAST MORRILL AVENUE AND EAST HINMAN AVENUE, BREAKING AND UPROOTING
SEVERAL TREES. SIDING AND ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL RESIDENCES
FARTHER EAST TOWARD PARSONS AVENUE, WHILE A BUSINESS LOST A SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF ITS ROOF ON THE EAST SIDE OF PARSONS AVENUE. TREE AND MOSTLY
LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE EAST BETWEEN EAST HINMAN AVENUE
AND WOODROW AVENUE AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST OF BARACK PARK AND DAMAGED
NUMEROUS TREES AND HOMES ALONG AND EAST OF SOUTH CHAMPION AVENUE TO
LOCKBOURNE ROAD. REEB AVENUE WAS PARTICULARLY HARD HIT BY THE TORNADO'S
DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE IT CROSSED LOCKBOURNE ROAD AND DAMAGED MORE
TREES IN CONJUNCTION WITH MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. ADDITIONAL TREES
AND HOMES WERE IMPACTED WEST OF FAIRWOOD AVENUE, INCLUDING THE
ROOF OF ONE HOME CAVING IN DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO A METAL ROOF OF A BUSINESS. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST WEST
OF FAIRWOOD AVENUE.
SEVERAL ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM A LARGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THAT MOVED THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING THE LATE MORNING OF
AUGUST 11, BUT THE LOCATIONS IN SOUTH COLUMBUS REFERENCED ABOVE WERE
CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE ALONG A CONVERGENT PATH SUGGESTING THAT A TORNADO
HAD OCCURRED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN CONDUCTING THIS STORM DAMAGE
SURVEY.
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.
JCG/BPP
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page