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EF0 tornado in Twin Falls County, Idaho

Tornado March 16, 2011 · Twin Falls County, Idaho

EF0

Rating

7.4 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 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

Local law enforcement officials and the public reported a brief touchdown of a tornado near Filer. A trained spotter in Hollister reported a measured wind gust of 61 MPH and a 30 by 40 foot metal building was blown over near Filer.

The wider storm

A strong cold front passing through Southwest Idaho kicked off thunderstorms that spawned a brief tornado near Jerome, Idaho. Damaging winds were also reported near Hollister and Filer.

Began near Twin Falls (42.5700, -114.6665).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 286160. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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