EF0 tornado, Anna to Montra, Ohio, March 11, 2026

1. EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado

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

2. EF186 to 110 mph

   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, as surveyed

EF0, preliminary

Date

March 11, 2026

Touchdown

10:17 AM EDT (14:17 UTC)

Lifted

10:20 AM EDT (14:20 UTC)

On the ground

3 minutes

Path length

1.9 miles (3.0 km)

Path width

60 yards (55 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

County

Shelby County

Touchdown point

40.414, -84.201

Lift-off point

40.427, -84.170

Highest wind the damage implies

80 mph

Surveyed by

NWS ILN

The office's name for it

Botkins

Survey last edited

March 13, 2026

Record number

None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-0 tornado north of Anna / south of Botkins in Shelby County, Ohio. This tornado occurred during the morning hours on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

The first evidence of tornadic damage from this tornado was surveyed on Wenger Road. Two barns on one property on Wenger Road were destroyed. The debris from the barns was scattered in multiple directions, providing evidence of a tornadic circulation. Numerous trees were also uprooted or snapped, and a residence had minor roof damage. Winds at this location were estimated to be around 80 mph.

To the east of Wenger Road, additional damage was noted on Amsterdam Road. A roof was lifted off a barn, and several trees were uprooted. On County Road 25 A, more trees were uprooted and a garage was damaged. It appears this particular tornado ended near or just west of I-75. The tornadic damage lines up with a weak circulation observed on NWS and FAA radar.

The National Weather Service would like to thank the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency for their assistance with this damage survey.

Written by NWS ILN in the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit. A survey is revised as better evidence arrives.

14 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS ILN, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 85 mph.

• Barn destroyed, debris blown to east (south side of US-33)
• Barn destroyed, debris in field behind residence (north side of US-33).
• Pole barn damage. Insulation blown into field to northeast.
• Semi-trucks overturned at mile marker 101 on I-75.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

A low pressure system moved through the Great Lakes region, prompting showers and thunderstorms. Some storms produced damaging winds and heavy rainfall, leading to instances of flooding.

The first evidence of tornadic damage was on Wenger Road, where two barns were destroyed. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped and a residence had minor roof damage. Additional damage was noted along Amsterdam Road where a roof was lifted off of a barn and several trees were uprooted. Farther east, more trees were uprooted and a garage was damaged along County Road 25A. The tornado dissipated just west of I-75.

The first tornadic damage occurred along Wells Road, just west of County Road 25A, where a RV was overturned and a pair of properties sustained siding damage. Additionally, two trees were downed along County Road 25A. The tornado then crossed I-75, where it blew two tractor trailers over onto their sides. The tornado then crossed Highland Kies Road, where it blew down a tree, destroyed a shed, and blew shingles off of a residence and garage. Finally, the tornado destroyed a large outbuilding on Sidney Freyburg Road south of Amsterdam Road before dissipating.

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

3 minutes of warning. NWS ILN issued a tornado warning for this county at 14:14 UTC, 3 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 14:30 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 10:24 UTC and running to 14:39 UTC.

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. The outlook in force was issued at 12:41 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.

Wapakoneta (AXV), 13 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

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

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 14:14 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 2026 tornado in OhioEvery tornado in Ohio since 1950Warnings in force in Ohio nowThe forecast where you are

56 more have been surveyed in the United States that day, so far.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. A survey can be revised, so the rating, the path and the casualties can all still change.

NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit, the record the survey teams file from the damage, and NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Neither is the official database for 2026, which SPC publishes in the spring of 2027.