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EF0 tornado in Choctaw County, Alabama

Tornado August 30, 2012 · Choctaw County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 weak tornado briefly touched downing a few trees near Toxey.

The wider storm

Hurricane Isaac moved into central Louisiana. This track brought storm surge...flooding...and isolated tornadoes to the central gulf coast.

Began near Toxey (31.9000, -88.2830).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 409167. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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