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EF0 tornado in Solano County, California

Tornado April 7, 2011 · Solano County, California

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$26K

Damage as recorded

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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

At approximately 3:52 pm an EF0 tornado touched down less than a mile south of downtown Rockville in Solano County, near Rockville Road and Suisun Valley Road. The maximum wind speed of the tornado was estimated at 70 mph with a damage path of 200 yards. There were no injuries nor fatalities. The tornado caused roof damage to two small businesses and damaged several trees, fences, and signs.

The wider storm

An EF0 tornado touched down near Rockville in Solano County.

Began near Rockville (38.2445, -122.1215).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 299796. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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