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EF0 tornado in Ionia County, Michigan

Tornado July 6, 2014 · Ionia County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

An NWS storm survey concluded that an EF-0 tornado touched down near Pewamo. Several trees were blown down and structures were damaged. The tornado was on the ground for less than a mile.

The wider storm

An EF1 tornado struck southern Kent county during the late evening hours of July 6th, resulting in widespread damage including numerous downed trees, power lines, and damage to numerous homes and other structures. There were 6 injuries but no fatalities. Wind speeds with this tornado reached at least 110 mph. There were three additional tornadoes late that evening and overnight which were all EF0.

Began near Pewamo (42.9858, -84.9056).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Kent County EF0 Ionia County EF0 Clinton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 520841. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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