Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 0.58 Miles
-- Width 50 Yards
State OHIO
County/Area MONTGOMERY
WFO ILN
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2013-10-31 22:30 EST-5
Begin Location 1NE VANDALIA
Begin Lat/Lon 39.8929/-84.1861
End Date 2013-10-31 22:31 EST-5
End Location 2NE VANDALIA
End Lat/Lon 39.8939/-84.1752
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 8/0
Property Damage 2.00M
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A potent low pressure system moved across the region, bringing strong winds aloft across the Ohio Valley. Showers that developed along and ahead of a cold front associated with this storm system were capable of producing damaging winds and isolated weak tornadoes. This line of showers producing the damage across southwestern Ohio continued past midnight on October 31st and into the early morning hours of November 1st.
Event Narrative The tornado touched down just northeast of Interstate 75 at Highway 40, exit number 63 in Vandalia. Initial damage consisted of the collapse of a cinderblock drive through store, and significant destruction of the roof and some of the cinderblocks on an uninhabited commercial building. This structure also had large plate glass windows blown in. Additional significant roof damage occurred to a neighboring business, as well as the snapping of some power poles. The tornado continued on to a restaurant, in which the windows were blown in and significant fa��ade and roof damage occurred. Eight people inside the restaurant sustained minor injuries from glass. In the restaurant parking lot, there were numerous vehicles which had windows blown out, with some vehicles shifted or pushed from their parked location. There was a large pickup truck which was lifted and tossed, landing on top of another vehicle. The tornado continued into a residential subdivision, where at least 3 homes sustained damage which rendered them uninhabitable. There were additional homes with partial wall collapses and more than half the roof removed. Other homes had holes in the roof due to being impaled by debris. There was also significant damage due to large trees being snapped off and damaging the homes. Large portions of roofing and sheds were carried at least a city block. The tornado then lifted while in the residential subdivision. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum wind speed of this tornado was estimated to be between 100 and 110 miles per hour.


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Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 9 2.642M 0.00K
ROCKFORD MERCER CO. OH 10/31/2013 21:36 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
ARCANUM DARKE CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:10 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
RUSSIA SHELBY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:14 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
LIBERTY MONTGOMERY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:25 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
MORGAN PLACE MONTGOMERY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:25 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
PIQUA MIAMI CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:25 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
EVANSTON MIAMI CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:28 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 3.00K 0.00K
VANDALIA MONTGOMERY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:30 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
VANDALIA MONTGOMERY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:30 EST-5 Tornado EF1 0 8 2.000M 0.00K
MAPLEWOOD SHELBY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:32 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CASSTOWN MIAMI CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:33 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
FRANKLIN WARREN CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:33 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 1 10.00K 0.00K
RIVERSIDE MONTGOMERY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:34 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 15.00K 0.00K
KETTERING MONTGOMERY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:35 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
LENA MIAMI CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:38 EST-5 Tornado EF0 0 0 70.00K 0.00K
BEAVERTOWN MONTGOMERY CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:39 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
BRIGHTON HAMILTON CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:40 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 20.00K 0.00K
CARYSVILLE CHAMPAIGN CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:40 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 30.00K 0.00K
SPRINGFIELD CLARK CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:46 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
WEST LIBERTY LOGAN CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:50 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
KENTON HARDIN CO. OH 10/31/2013 22:52 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 25.00K 0.00K
BOWERSVILLE GREENE CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:13 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WILMINGTON CLINTON CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:15 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
MAGNETIC SPGS UNION CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:19 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PRICETOWN HIGHLAND CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:37 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
GRANDVIEW HGTS FRANKLIN CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:38 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
COLUMBUS SO COLUMBUS FRANKLIN CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:40 EST-5 Tornado EF0 0 0 300.00K 0.00K
GRANDVIEW HGTS FRANKLIN CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:40 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
MARSHALL HIGHLAND CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:47 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
BEALS FAIRFIELD CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:51 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 3.00K 0.00K
FRANKFORT ROSS CO. OH 10/31/2013 23:55 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 9 2.642M 0.00K