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EF0 tornado in Judith Basin County, Montana

Tornado July 6, 2022 · Judith Basin County, Montana

EF0

Rating

1.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 brief and non impactful tornado was observed across Skull Butte. Very low funnel cloud well photographed and documented by spotter. Multiple photos show funnel nearly on the ground. Time of event, path length, and duration derived from spotter information and radar.

The wider storm

Disturbances moved through a persistent southwest flow aloft across the region, which continued to provide daily afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. These storms, some of which were severe, brought strong, gusty winds, severe hail, heavy localized rainfall, and lightning.

Began near Stanford (47.0981, -110.2759).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1044616. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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