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EF0 tornado in Sumter County, Alabama

Tornado April 24, 2010 · Sumter County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 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

A brief tornado touchdown, producing no observable damage, was reported by Fire Department personnel in the Ward community.

The wider storm

A deepening storm system and associated cold front brought widespread severe thunderstorms, including at least 8 tornadoes, to central Alabama.

Began near Siloam (32.3645, -88.2842).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Walker County 1 dead EF1 Fayette County EF1 Fayette County EF1 Blount County EF1 Marengo County EF0 Hale County EF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 225154. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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