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EF0 tornado in Monroe County, Tennessee

Tornado May 30, 2025 · Monroe County, Tennessee

EF0

Rating

2.5 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Injuries

$150K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Loudon County → Monroe County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 EF0 tornado entered Monroe County from Loudon County and remained on the ground for approximately another mile through northern portions of Monroe County, inflicting minor roof damage to several farm buildings, minor tree damage, and causing additional injuries upon rolling a second RV camper vehicle. The tornado eventually crossed New Hope Road and dissipated shortly thereafter.

The wider storm

A shortwave trough pushing a weak cold front through the area served as the forcing for this event. The only severe weather observed was a brief EF-0 tornado accompanied by severe rear-flank downdraft winds that injured several residents. This event was unusual: while effective shear was strong at 40 to 50 knots, CAPE was very limited at less than 500J total, and lapse rates were really weak below 6C from the surface upwards. The parent thunderstorm was only broadly and very weakly rotating at time of tornadogenesis.

Began near Northpoint (35.6533, -84.5040).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1265415. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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