EF1 tornado, New Hope to Taylorsville, Ohio, May 19, 2019

1. EF065 to 85 mph

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. EF4166 to 200 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. 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.

7. 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.

Rating

EF1

Date

May 19, 2019

Touchdown

8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)

Lifted

9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)

On the ground

11 minutes

Path length

7.6 miles (12.2 km)

Path width

120 yards (110 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$550,000

Counties

Preble and Montgomery counties

Touchdown point

39.735, -84.545

Lift-off point

39.777, -84.413

Record number

1905191850-01

Scattered thunderstorms moved through the area in association with an upper level disturbance.

The beginning of the observed damage was at a property on the east side of Toby Road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted at this location, with facade damage to a house, likely caused at least in part by impact from the falling trees. Minor tree damage was also observed northeast of this location along Miller Williams Road.||Extensive tree damage was noted at a property on Washington Jackson Road, about a half mile west of U.S. 35. The most significant structural damage at this location was the complete removal of the west-facing portion of the roof over the smaller section of the house. There was also significant damage to siding on the east-facing side of the same house, with mud and dirt splatter noted against the south and east facing walls. Significant shingle loss was also noted on the roof of the larger section of the house. Further to the northeast, one power pole was downed on U.S. 35.||Damage at a property on Eaton New Hope Road was among the more significant observed from this tornado. A barn was heavily damaged, with the collapse of the western side of the structure, including a masonry wall. Much of the material from this section of the barn was carried northeast, with a large amount of sheet metal carried over 600 feet in distance, and a few pieces of sheet metal carried as far as 2000 feet away. Tree damage was extensive at this property as well. At the next property to the northeast, a house suffered siding loss on multiple sides, with a few trees and large limbs also snapped.||A few trees were downed along both sides of Eaton Gettysburg Road, about a half mile north of the intersection with Eaton New Hope Road. The end of the observed damage was to several trees to the east of the intersection of U.S. 127 and State Route 726.||Based on the damage to the home on Washington Jackson Road and to the barn on Eaton New Hope Road, an EF1 rating was assigned, with an estimated maximum wind speed of 90 mph.

The beginning of the observed damage was at the northeast corner of Leon Drive, where one tree was downed. Damage became more significant in a park on Dorsey Akers Drive, where numerous large trees were completely uprooted. Minor damage was observed in a residential area in the southeast quadrant of West Alexandria, with a few trees downed and one outbuilding losing a portion of its roof.||Damage was more significant at an industrial facility just south of U.S. 35 on the east side of West Alexandria. An old masonry building suffered partial roof loss and the collapse of most of the east-facing wall. Numerous trees were also downed at this property, with minor roofing and facade damage to a modern industrial building, and a dumpster was lofted and moved about 100 feet to the north of its original location.||On the north side of U.S. 35 near Twin Creek, tree damage was observed at a private residence, with a very large and very old oak tree snapped low on its 3 to 4 foot diameter trunk. Several other residential properties on the north side of U.S. 35 had minor structural and tree damage and one outbuilding of poor construction, about 1400 feet west of Jordan Road, was completely demolished. Sheet metal from this outbuilding was carried at least a half mile downstream. Tree damage was noted along Jordan Road and Preble County Line Road, with several large trees uprooted. A residence on the west side of Preble County Line Road suffered the loss of a porch overhang and an ornamental column near the front entry. Near this location, the tornado crossed into into Montgomery County. The tornado continued to move northeast across western Montgomery County before dissipating about 3 miles south of Brookville at 2001EST .

The tornado first touched down in eastern Preble County at 1950EST about 1 mile southwest of West Alexandria. The tornado move northeast and crossed into Montgomery County at 1956EST along Preble County Line Road, about 1/4 mile south of Old Dayton Road. ||Two properties on the southwest corner of the intersection of Sheep Road and Old Dayton Road had damage that was observed to be among the more significant caused by this tornado. At the Old Dayton Road property, a barn had half of its roof completely removed, with failure to the doors and damage to the walls. A thick metal fence surrounding a pool was also blown over and several large trees were downed. At the Sheep Road property, wooden fencing was blown down from the north and from the east, with some damage to the roof of a house, including a small section of roof removal. The street sign at the corner of Old Dayton Road and Sheep Road was blown approximately 500 feet into the field to the northeast. A third property on the north side of Old Dayton Road had shingle damage to the roof of a home, in addition to extensive tree damage.||On North Sulfur Springs Road, two properties suffered extensive tree damage. A property on the east side of the road also had two outbuildings damaged, with one suffering the loss of some roofing material and the other having a section of the main door flipped and bent over the top of the roof. Further east, a few trees were damaged at a residence on the east side of Crawford Road.||Several properties along Little Richmond Road, near and east of Johnsville-Brookville Road, were also affected by tree damage. One property just south of Little Richmond Road had a large swing set moved into an adjacent yard by the tornado. The end of the observed damage was to several trees along a tree line about 1000 feet north of Little Richmond Road.

Damage from the tornado was largely confined to a suburban residential area to the southwest of the intersection of Taylorsville Road and State Route 202 (Troy Pike). ||The beginning of the observed damage was in a wooded area to the west and southwest of Lincrest Place. Damage became more widespread to the north-northeast of this location, with the most concentrated area of damage observed along Dial Drive between Wildview Drive and Longford Road. Additional damage occurred along several other roads in this area, including Pineview Drive, Pathview Drive, and Bluffview Drive. Throughout this neighborhood, extensive tree damage was observed, with hardwood trees both uprooted and snapped. The density of tree damage in this area was significant. The direction of tree fall was also noteworthy. Although the tornado was moving toward the north-northeast, most of the trees fell from southeast to northwest, with other trees falling in a variety of directions. Based on the amount and severity of tree damage, an EF1 rating was assigned, with an estimated maximum wind speed of 95 mph.||Structural damage was generally limited in severity but widespread in scope, with nearly every home through the middle of the damage path suffering minor roofing or siding damage. One home on Dial Drive had a porch awning lifted and blown to the west, from the rear of the house to the road in front.||The end of the observed damage was just north of Taylorsville Road, where a few trees were damaged in a small wooded area adjacent to a commercial building.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down.

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk, with a 0.02 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 19:43 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Middletown (MWO), 26 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 00:47 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

The live radar over the trackEvery 2019 tornado in OhioEvery tornado in Ohio since 1950Warnings in force in Ohio nowThe forecast where you are

19 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

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.

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