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EF0 tornado in Leon County, Florida

Tornado June 4, 2009 · Leon County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$1.3M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 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

A small tornado briefly touched down at the Apalachee Elementary School. It mangled the metal roof of the main building. The damage was confined to a small area about 100 yards long by 25 yards wide. Maximum winds were estimated at 65 to 70 mph, which was consistent with EF0 tornado damage.

The wider storm

A weak tornado briefly touched down at a school just east of Tallahassee on the 4th.

Began near Tom Brown Park (30.4374, -84.2142).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 169950. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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