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EF0 tornado in Johnson County, Iowa

Tornado May 24, 2024 · Johnson County, Iowa

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

Report of damage to trees and power powers consistent with rotating mesocyclone on radar just south of Solon. Rated EF-0 with max winds around 85 mph. No injuries reported.

The wider storm

A long-lasting complex of severe thunderstorms, known as a derecho, tracked from central Nebraska through northwest Illinois during the late night hours May 23rd, to the morning of May 24th. This resulted in frequent wind damage reports and embedded tornadoes. There were 16 tornadoes confirmed in the NWS Quad Cities warning area. The four strongest tornadoes all had maximum winds near 110 mph (EF1), and those were the Delta, IA; Wellman to Frytown, IA; Bennett to Lowden, IA; and Coyne Center, IL tornadoes. This was the most tornadoes in a single event for the NWS Quad Cities warning area since the March 31, 2023 outbreak.

Began near Solon (41.7950, -91.4910).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Scott CountyEF1 Clinton CountyEF1 Cedar CountyEF1 Johnson CountyEF1 Washington CountyEF1 Washington CountyEF1 Keokuk CountyEFU Scott CountyEFU Scott CountyEFU Linn CountyEFU Clinton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1177502. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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