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EF0 tornado in Jerome County, Idaho

Tornado May 8, 2013 · Jerome County, Idaho

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 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

A Jerome County deputy reported a brief tornado touchdown. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

A large area of low pressure situated over the Great Basin created favorable conditions for isolated severe convection across the region, including parts of southern Idaho.

Began near Jerome (42.8019, -114.4085).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 451821. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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