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EF0 tornado in Marion County, Tennessee

Tornado February 28, 2011 · Marion County, Tennessee

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$20K

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

A short lived tornado touched down near South Pittsburg, downing two trees and partially damaged a small roof. The maximum wind speed with the tornado was 70 mph.

The wider storm

A strong storm system moved through the area on February 28th, producing three tornadoes in southeast Tennessee and widespread flooding in east Tennessee. One person died.

Began near South Pittsburg (35.0003, -85.7147).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Hamilton County EF1 Hamilton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 276461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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