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EF0 tornado in Otsego County, Michigan

Tornado November 17, 2013 · Otsego County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$11K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 tornado briefly touched down, and immediately crossed I-75, in extreme southern Otsego County. The tornado touched down just north of mile marker 268. Numerous evergreen and poplar trees were downed. Most trees were simply blown over, a few were snapped. Estimated peak wind speeds were 65 to 75 mph.

The wider storm

An unusual November severe weather outbreak - including an extremely rare tornado - impacted northern Michigan. Thunderstorms ignited along and ahead of a strong cold front that crossed the region.

Began near Waters (44.8658, -84.6928).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 484929. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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