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EF0 tornado in Carroll County, Indiana

Tornado May 30, 2008 · Carroll County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A couple of trees sustained damage as a result of a supercell that formed a tornado that briefly touched down near a field. Wind speeds were around 65 mph based on damage indicators.

The wider storm

A warm front moved through through the area earlier in the day allowing for warm temperatures over central Indiana. Severe storms formed in advance of a cold front that moved through later at night. These storms contained hail and damaging thunderstorm winds. Three tornadoes also formed with these storms including one that moved through the east side of Indianapolis. Heavy rain caused flash flooding across many locations.

Began near Pyrmont (40.4771, -86.6721).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Hancock County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 101228. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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