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EF0 tornado in Luce County, Michigan

Tornado July 8, 2016 · Luce County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 weak tornado was captured on video and tree damage was later confirmed by a Michigan DNR pilot. Overhead photos from the DNR revealed that the tornado knocked down numerous trees and basically circulated in the same spot for several minutes before dissipating.

The wider storm

A low pressure trough moving through a moist and unstable air mass produced isolated severe thunderstorms over portions of central Upper Michigan, including a weak tornado near Newberry.

Began near Mc Leods Corner (46.3200, -85.4065).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 649308. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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