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EF0 tornado in Elmore County, Alabama

Tornado August 24, 2008 · Elmore County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Eyewitnesses saw a tornado briefly touched down in the Emerald Valley area of southern Elmore County. No damage was found. This tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Fay, and its remnants after landfall, brought high winds, heavy rain, and numerous tornadoes to Central Alabama.

Began near Ware (32.4604, -86.1095).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Cleburne County EF1 St. Clair County EF1 Blount County EF1 Calhoun County EF1 Calhoun County EF0 Coosa County EF0 Winston County EF0 Pike County EF0 Pike County EF0 Lowndes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 133398. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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