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2010 tornadoes in Ohio

40 tornadoes touched down in Ohio in 2010, 117 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 8 people and injured 52. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Ohio in 2010

May 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 7	7:35 PM EDT	EF1	Wood	2.5	100			$500,000

May 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 11	5:30 PM EDT	EF0	Sandusky	4.6	50			$25,000
May 11	8:58 PM EDT	EF0	Morrow	2.0	50			$100,000

May 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 13	1:47 AM EDT	EF1	Van Wert	2.1	150

May 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	6:44 PM EDT	EF1	Brown	4.3	50			$110,000
May 21	8:44 PM EDT	EF1	Adams	3.0	75			$135,000

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	5:58 PM EDT	EF1	Carroll	3.8	300			$125,000

June 5 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	1:46 PM EDT	EF0	Richland	0.5	20			$35,000
June 5	2:40 PM EDT	EF1	Holmes	12.8	100			$550,000
June 5	10:38 PM EDT	EF2	Fulton	7.2	700			$500,000
June 5	11:00 PM EDT	EF1	Lucas	3.4	100			$75,000
June 5	11:20 PM EDT	EF4	Millbury tornado	8.8	400	7	28	$102 million

June 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	5:34 AM EDT	EF0	Union	3.4	100			$64,000
June 6	6:01 AM EDT	EF1	Ashtabula	4.5	100			$500,000

June 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	5:33 PM EDT	EF0	Allen	0.1	25

June 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	9:50 PM EDT	EF0	Van Wert	0.9	50

June 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 27	6:54 PM EDT	EF1	Ashtabula	2.3	100			$300,000

September 16 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 16	4:38 PM EDT	EF0	Delaware	0.1	100			$3,000
September 16	5:26 PM EDT	EF2	Wayne	11.5	150			$35 million
September 16	5:52 PM EDT	EF0	Fairfield	3.7	150			$10,000
September 16	5:56 PM EDT	EF1	Pickaway	2.9	200			$90,000
September 16	6:00 PM EDT	EF1	Holmes	3.1	75			$500,000
September 16	6:00 PM EDT	EF2	Perry	7.0	800		1	$500,000
September 16	6:09 PM EDT	EF1	Hocking	1.0	150			$16,000
September 16	6:20 PM EDT	EF1	Tuscarawas	5.0	100			$75,000
September 16	6:21 PM EDT	EF1	Perry	4.7	300			$310,000
September 16	6:54 PM EDT	EF2	Athens	3.3	300		7	$750,000
September 16	7:00 PM CDT	EF3	Meigs to WV	9.1	500	1	16	$2.5 million

September 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 22	4:58 PM EDT	EF0	Franklin	0.1	50

October 26 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 26	11:02 AM EDT	EF0	Van Wert	2.0	80
October 26	11:12 AM EDT	EF1	Van Wert	9.3	100
October 26	11:29 AM EDT	EF1	Putnam	4.9	175
October 26	11:40 AM EDT	EF1	Preble	4.3	30	$77,000
October 26	11:48 AM EDT	EF0	Auglaize	0.1	40	$30,000
October 26	11:59 AM EDT	EF2	Auglaize	3.9	110	$238,000
October 26	1:20 PM EDT	EF0	Clinton	4.0	200	$70,000
October 26	1:30 PM EDT	EF0	Fayette	5.5	200	$75,000
October 26	1:52 PM EDT	EF0	Pickaway	2.2	30	$75,000
October 26	2:05 PM EDT	EF0	Franklin	0.2	100	$40,000
October 26	2:27 PM EDT	EF0	Licking	0.6	50	$15,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Ohio since 1950 Warnings in force in Ohio The live radar over Ohio

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.