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EF1 tornado in Bradley County, Tennessee

Tornado October 26, 2010 · Bradley County, Tennessee

EF1

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

An short lived EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds at 90 mph touched down and produced roof damage to a convenient store, knocked a gas pump over and downed two trees near highway 11.

The wider storm

A cold front tracked through the region triggering scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Storm reports contained mainly damaging thunderstorm wind, but an EF2 tornado formed in Hamilton County. Six people were injured. Tornadoes also formed in Bradley, Loudon and Marion Counties.

Began near Charleston (35.2945, -84.7700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Hamilton County EF1 Loudon County EF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 264627. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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