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EF0 tornado in Gratiot County, Michigan

Tornado November 10, 2024 · Gratiot County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

2.4 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 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

An EF-0 developed with a path along Hayes Road between Rich Road and Alger

Road in southwest Gratiot county. Sporadic and isolated damage to trees occurred.

One tree in particular was uprooted and fell onto a chain link fence and a few headstones at a cemetery.

The wider storm

An isolated weak tornado impacted southwestern Gratiot county, causing isolated tree damage and downing one tree which fell onto a fence and several headstones at a cemetery. No injuries or fatalities occurred.

Began near Middleton (43.2193, -84.7174).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1220489. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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