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EF0 tornado in Jefferson County, Arkansas

Tornado March 13, 2016 · Jefferson County, Arkansas

EF0
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$8K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

The tornado was spawned just to the east of a home, with bricks removed from the east side of that structure. Several trees were also blown down in the vicinity of the house. The tornado tracked toward the Arkansas River, lifting as it approached the levee on the south side of the river. There was also video confirmation of this tornado from several sources.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms produced very large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes during the afternoon and evening.

Began near Dolton (34.1450, -91.7451).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Scott CountyEF1 Montgomery CountyEF1 Desha CountyEF0 Arkansas CountyEF0 Arkansas CountyEF0 Pulaski CountyEF0 Perry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 625150. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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