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EF0 tornado in Dale County, Alabama

Tornado October 8, 2008 · Dale County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$150K
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 same supercell which spawned the EF-1 tornado in Enterprise moved to the east-northeast and produced a brief tornado on the southwest

side of the Fort Rucker military base, near the intersection of Andrews Ave and Airport Road. It damaged several vehicles and a few homes, and downed numerous trees before it lifted. The tornado was rated an EF-0 with winds estimated from 75 to 80 mph.

The wider storm

Several lines of strong to severe thunderstorms formed ahead of a cold front and strong low pressure system over southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, and moved into portions of southeast Alabama during the afternoon of the 8th.

Began near (ozr)ft Rucker Aaf (31.3251, -85.7287).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Coffee CountyEF0 Dale CountyEF0 Houston CountyEF0 Dale CountyEF0 Henry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 138281. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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