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EF0 tornado in Marion County, Tennessee

Tornado October 26, 2010 · Marion County, Tennessee

EF0

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 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

An EF-0 tornado with max winds of 70 mph moved through this rural area, twisting and downing a few trees in its short lived path.

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 Guild (35.0314, -85.4429).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Hamilton County EF1 Bradley County EF1 Loudon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 264631. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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