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EF0 tornado in Utah County, Utah

Tornado September 7, 2013 · Utah County, Utah

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

3 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 3 yards (0.00 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 small tornado was spotted and recorded by a member of the public. The tornado removed a metal roof from a barn, and did minor damage to trees and other outbuildings in the area.

The wider storm

After a brief break from showers and thunderstorms, significant moisture and instability returned to Utah, with flash flooding, large hail, and even a tornado reported across the state.

Began near American Fork (40.3965, -111.7631).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 478905. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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