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EF1 tornado in Huron County, Michigan

Tornado October 19, 2007 · Huron County, Michigan

EF1
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 spun up at 0126EST four miles west of Port Hope. It touched down at a farmstead and caused substantial damage, rated EF1. Large heavy farm machinery was lifted and displaced, and a farm shed was moved about 120 feet off of its foundation. Also, the walls of a large barn were lifted 6 to 8 feet from their foundation. Total property damages were estimated at $250K. The average path width was 100 yards.

The wider storm

A strong and potent storm in the Upper Great Lakes drove a cold front through Lower Michigan during the evening and overnight hours on October 18th and 19th. The atmosphere ahead of the cold front was very warm, moist, and unstable. These conditions combined with the strong storm to produce a late-season and late-night tornado outbreak. Five tornadoes were confirmed in Southeast Michigan in Shiawassee, Genesee, Tuscola, and Huron Counties. Only a couple of minor injuries were reported. Total property damages were estimated around $1.5M.

Began near Port Hope (43.9300, -82.8003).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Ingham County 2 deadEF1 Tuscola CountyEF1 Tuscola CountyEF0 Genesee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 62081. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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