What the record says
On 1 March 1955, a tornado touched down near Cortland, Ohio. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 2.5 miles long and up to 40 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 6.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 6injuries
- 2.5 mipath length
- 40 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 41.27, -80.67. The record has no end point for this tornado, so it is drawn as a dot.
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Ohio
- Beavercreek, Ohio tornado3 April 1974, F5, 36 deaths, 1,150 injuries, 31.3 miles long
- Warren, Ohio tornado31 May 1985, F5, 18 deaths, 310 injuries, 47 miles long
- Strongsville, Ohio tornado11 April 1965, F4, 18 deaths, 200 injuries, 22 miles long
- Toledo, Ohio tornado11 April 1965, F4, 18 deaths, 236 injuries, 5.6 miles long
- Cleveland, Ohio tornado8 June 1953, F4, 17 deaths, 379 injuries, 118 miles long
- Andover, Ohio tornado31 May 1985, F4, 16 deaths, 125 injuries, 56.2 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1955
- Newkirk, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 80 deaths, 273 injuries, 56.4 miles long
- Tonkawa, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 20 deaths, 280 injuries, 28.4 miles long
- Falkville, Alabama tornado24 April 1955, F4, 5 deaths, 20 injuries, 8.6 miles long
- Thomson, Georgia tornado24 May 1955, F0, 3 deaths, 1 mile long
- Wellington, Texas tornado25 May 1955, F4, 2 deaths, 18 injuries, 45.1 miles long
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