What the record says
On 9 August 1969, a tornado touched down near Cincinnati, Ohio. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 22.2 miles long and up to 400 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 4 people and injured 247.
- F3Fujita rating
- 4deaths
- 247injuries
- 22.2 mipath length
- 400 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people and 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 39.22, -84.52 and the end point at 39.12, -84.12 (latitude, longitude).
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 1969
- Fayette, Mississippi tornado23 January 1969, F4, 32 deaths, 241 injuries, 117.8 miles long
- Manhattan Beach, Minnesota tornado6 August 1969, F4, 12 deaths, 70 injuries, 32.3 miles long
- Farmington, Missouri tornado22 June 1969, F4, 4 deaths, 14 injuries, 15.1 miles long
- Anahuac, Texas tornado27 May 1969, F3, 3 deaths, 1.5 miles long
- Greenville, Alabama tornado18 April 1969, F4, 2 deaths, 14 injuries, 52.4 miles long
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