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EF0 tornado in Bracken County, Kentucky

Tornado March 2, 2012 · Bracken County, Kentucky

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$70K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The tornado touched down initially near Haley Ridge Road and lifted before crossing Willow Lennoxburg Road. The tornado destroyed a garage, snapped a power line pole, and caused heavy damage to a barn. Several two by fours from the barn were driven one to two feet into the ground. At the end of the tornadoes path, the damage consisted of numerous medium sized trees snapped. The damage associated with the barn showed evidence of rotation. Based on damage observed, the maximum wind speed of this tornado was estimated at 85 miles per hour.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in a high wind shear environment ahead of a strengthening low pressure system. Many of these storms became severe, with large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes all being the main threats. Isolated flooding also became possible due to the intense rainfall.

Began near Berlin (38.6930, -84.1700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 369352. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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