Ohio, 1996

Tornado in Ohio, May 1, 1996

May 1, 1996 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A tornado briefly touched down at the Lincoln Terrace Estate Trailer Park damaging 18 trailers and destroying two before lifting back into the clouds. There were 2 minor injuries.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
$300,000
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 tornado briefly touched down at the Lincoln Terrace Estate Trailer Park damaging 18 trailers and destroying two before lifting back into the clouds. There were 2 minor injuries.

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Wayne

When
May 1, 5:15 PM EST to 5:17 PM EST
Where
Wayne County, Dalton
Rating
F1
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
30 yd
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$300,000
Coordinates
40.800, -81.700

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.

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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: 5550009.