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EF0 tornado in Sanilac County, Michigan

Tornado June 27, 2010 · Sanilac County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 tornado occurred near Marlette in western Sanilac County. This weak tornado occurred at approximatley 832 pm and produced winds to 75 mph and was rated EF0. The tornado touched down on the southeast side of Marlette on Euclid Avenue and continued for a half mile before dissipating. Four trees were snapped off and one shed was destroyed, along with downed branches and shingle loss on one home.

The wider storm

A warm front lifting north through southeast Michigan spawned three tornadoes. Outside of the tornadoes, just a few isolated reports of thunderstorm wind damage.

Began near Marlette (43.3205, -83.0706).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 St. Clair County 1 dead EF1 Wayne County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 227675. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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