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EF0 tornado in Pike County, Alabama

Tornado August 25, 2008 · Pike County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

The tornado touched down near the intersection of Needmore Road and County Road 7749. It then moved north-northeastward, roughly parallel to Needmore Road, for about a half mile before lifting. It produced minor damage to the roof of a home, destroyed one outbuilding, damaged the awning of a barn, caused extensive damage to two chicken houses, and snapped off about 15 hardwood trees. 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 Corcoran (31.8503, -85.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Cleburne CountyEF1 St. Clair CountyEF1 Blount CountyEF1 Calhoun CountyEF1 Calhoun CountyEF0 Elmore CountyEF0 Coosa CountyEF0 Winston CountyEF0 Pike CountyEF0 Lowndes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 133402. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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