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EF0 tornado in Blaine County, Montana

Tornado August 26, 2022 · Blaine County, Montana

EF0

Rating

3.1 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

Photos submitted to NWS of a tornado on the backside of a single supercell near Ft. Belknap Reservation. Official indicated that the tornado was south of Ft Belknap Agency and near Wild Horse Butte. No known damage was been reported or observed.

The wider storm

A persistent upper low over Washington favored ample moisture transport into the area. Shear was fairly limited throughout, hence wind gusts were the main concern with these storms, along with potential for heavy rain. Small hail was expected, but a few reports of severe level hail were relayed.

Began near Cleveland (48.3058, -108.9603).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1052856. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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