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EF0 tornado in Jasper County, Iowa

Tornado May 7, 2024 · Jasper County, Iowa

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

Numerous posts on social media regarding damage on the east side of Prairie City. A very brief tornado occurred here with damage mostly to trees although a few garages sustained minor damage. The tornado lifted shortly after leaving town.

The wider storm

A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) swept across Iowa late on May 6th and into the early morning hours of May 7th. The line was strongest in southern Iowa where the environment was more supportive of severe weather. Damaging winds and a few embedded tornadoes occurred as the line swept across the state.

Began near Prairie City (41.5984, -93.2308).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Clarke County EF0 Clarke County EF0 Warren County EF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1170124. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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