EF0 tornado — Hampshire County, West Virginia

EF0 tornado in Hampshire County, West Virginia

Tornado July 12, 2022 · Hampshire County, West Virginia

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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 residence on Buck Run had damage that was deemed to be tornadic. Downed trees fell across each other in a few spots on this property, and a video recorded on the property showed a circulation that passed through coinciding with the maximum winds.

The wider storm

An outbreak of significant severe weather occurred during the afternoon and evening hours of Tuesday, July 12th, 2022. An unseasonably strong cold front interacted with a high instability airmass to result in several bowing lines of thunderstorms, which maintained their organization and intensity due to strong atmospheric wind shear. Swaths of widespread damaging winds were observed, much of which was considerable. A couple of tornadoes were also confirmed, along with some significant hail. A wind gust of over 100 MPH was measured in one of the most powerful storms over eastern West Virginia.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1034983. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Hampshire County, West Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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