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14-03-2025
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Logan County Tornado: Remembering lives lost, destruction, devastation 1 year later
Today marks one year since an EF-3 tornado tipped through the Miami Valley. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7 will be in Logan County today. We will look at what's changed and how these communities are coming together today on News Center 7 at 5:00. TRENDING STORIES: Suspect dead after shooting, car chase that led deputies to find woman's body Flames, smoke visible as firefighters battle house fire in Dayton Multiple rounds of storms expected this weekend; Wind Advisory for whole region >>PHOTOS: Severe storms, radar-confirmed tornadoes move through Miami Valley There will be a remembrance event in Logan County tonight. 'A Community in Remembrance Event' will take place tonight at Indian Lake High School auditorium, according to a Facebook post. 'Join us on the one-year anniversary of the tornado to remember those we lost and honor what we have overcome as a community,' Anchored in Hope said in a Facebook post. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The event starts at 7 p.m. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Fatalities confirmed in Logan County; Storm-related damage, injuries reported across region As previously reported by News Center 7, three people died in these tornados. They were 81-year-old Marilyn Snapp, 70-year-old Darla Williams, and 69-year-old Neal Longfellow. Both women lived at Geiger Mobile Home Park on Harrison Street in Lakeview, while Longfellow lived nearby in Orchard Island. >>RELATED: All 3 victims killed in tornado in Logan County identified The tornado destroyed over 130 buildings and damaged hundreds of others. We will update this story. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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28-02-2025
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Ohio's worst tornado season started 1 year ago today. How does 2025 look?
One year ago today, on Feb. 28, 2024, was the start of the worst tornado season Ohio experienced in decades. How bad was it? It broke a record that had stood since 1992. Here's a look back. The first round of tornadoes to hit the state in 2024 struck on the morning of Feb. 28, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Six twisters touched down, including: An EF2 tornado, with peak wind speeds of 120 mph per the Enhanced Fujita Scale, in Monroe County An EF2 tornado in eastern Franklin County, which decreased to an EF1 in western Licking County An EF1 tornado in Madison County An EF2 tornado in Clark and Madison counties An EF1 tornado in Franklin County An EF1 tornado in Montgomery and Greene counties Ohio had 74 tornadoes in 2024, according to data provided by the Wilmington office of the National Weather Service, with the final one of the year hitting on Dec. 29. The total broke the state's previous record of 62 tornadoes in 1992. In fact, Ohio broke its previous tornado record a little more than halfway through 2024. The state's 63rd tornado touched down on June 29 in the City of Willard in Huron County, about 26 miles northwest of Mansfield. On March 14, an EF3 tornado—with wind speeds of 136 to 165 mph, per the Enhanced Fujita Scale—ripped through Auglaize and Logan counties in Western Ohio. It left a nearly 32-mile path of destruction, killed three people and injured dozens more. The Logan County Sheriff's Office identified Darla Williams, 70; Marilyn Snapp, 81; and Neal Longfellow, 69, as the deceased. The Sheriff also said the storm injured another 24 people. The Indian Lake region was the hardest hit by storms that spawned nine tornadoes across the state that day. In September, six months after the tornado, the community was still rebuilding, the Dispatch previously reported. 'It's been relentless," Brandon Peloquin, warning coordination meteorologist for the NWS Wilmington office, said about the Ohio tornado season in a previous article. As weather patterns transitioned from winter to spring, Peloquin said the jet stream—the air currents flowing from west to east high in the atmosphere that steer weather systems—lined up just right to direct multiple strong systems through the Ohio Valley. The jet stream kept Ohio on the warm side of low fronts, Peloquin said, creating south winds that brought moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico. High moisture combined with the energy created by wind shears and the rapid movement of air from low to high in the atmosphere (instability and buoyancy) are the ingredients that can lead to severe weather, he said. Peloquin said that while it's not clear on how active the severe weather season in 2025 will be, it's important that everyone be prepared. It's not uncommon for at least one late-winter severe weather event in the Ohio Valley, Peloquin said. Like when tornado season kicked off on Feb. 28, 2024, with severe weather and tornadoes across parts of the state. Stay aware of the weather, he said, and know if there is a risk for severe storms and flooding on any given day. Have multiple ways to receive watches and warnings and know what to do when they are issued. In Ohio, tornado season peaks between April and June, according to the National Weather Service. Kristen Cassady, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio, said previously that it is typical for severe weather frequency to ramp up in Ohio at the beginning of March, though March is not a peak tornado season month. 'We typically do see severe weather events, including tornadoes, in the month of March, even though there is a slightly higher frequency climatologically in April and May,' Cassady said. 'March is still one of the primary months for tornadoes in the Ohio Valley.' This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio tornado season in 2024 broke records. How bad was it? Will 2025 be worse?
