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EF0 tornado in Jackson County, Illinois

Tornado March 23, 2012 · Jackson County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 near Highway 13 about 3 miles east of Murphysboro and ended about 3 miles southwest of De Soto. A few tree limbs and small trees were blown down. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph.

The wider storm

A large upper level low pressure system moved east from Missouri into an area of warm, moist air with dewpoint temperatures in the 60s. Strong mid level winds helped to produce severe thunderstorms, including supercells.

Began near Barr (37.7599, -89.2742).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Jefferson County 1 dead EF1 Jackson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 374202. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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