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EF0 tornado in Lander County, Nevada

Tornado May 21, 2014 · Lander County, Nevada

EF0

Rating

0.2 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

A tornado was photographed near Horse Mountain. A storm survey was conducted but no damage was found. However survey efforts were hampered by steep and rugged terrain.

The wider storm

A tornado was photographed near Horse Mountain. A storm survey was conducted but steep and rugged terrain hampered survey efforts. No damage was found.

Began near Gold Acres (40.2100, -116.9300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 510877. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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