Tornado, Erie
- When
- April 12, 4:50 PM EST to 4:51 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Bellevue
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.820
Tornado in Ohio, April 12, 1996
A small tornado touched down in a field in extreme southwest Erie County near State Route 269. It was witnessed by a deputy sheriff who watched it move across the field and lift back into the storm cloud.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A small tornado touched down in a field in extreme southwest Erie County near State Route 269. It was witnessed by a deputy sheriff who watched it move across the field and lift back into the storm cloud. No damage occurred from the tornado although straight line wind damage occurred in nearby areas from the storm.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5555447.