Tornado, Wayne
- When
- July 7, 8:45 PM EST to 8:47 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, 1 mi NW of Doylestown
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -81.700
Tornado in Ohio, July 7, 1996
A small tornado touched down on Route 94 just east of Rittman and proceeded southeast toward Doylestown. It either lifted or dissipated before reaching Doylestown.
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
- $30,000
- 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 on Route 94 just east of Rittman and proceeded southeast toward Doylestown. It either lifted or dissipated before reaching Doylestown. There was evidence of downburst winds near Doylestown. Numerous trees were downed in a wooded area and a small shed was blown over.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:44 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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- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 1996Warnings in Ohio, July 1996
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: 5557237.