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EF0 tornado in Beadle County, South Dakota

Tornado June 18, 2014 · Beadle County, South Dakota

EF0

Rating

11.5 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$300K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jerauld County → Beadle County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 crossed briefly into Beadle County from Jerauld County before lifting. Crop damage was suspected.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms during the evening of June 18th produced tornadoes in Jerauld County, with one tornado crossing briefly into Beadle County. The tornadoes included one that caused severe damage to Wessington Springs. There was also a report of large hail.

Began near Virgil (44.1967, -98.4031).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Jerauld County EF2 Jerauld County EF2 Jerauld County EF1 Jerauld County EF1 Jerauld County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 524722. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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