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EF0 tornado in Miami County, Indiana

Tornado August 24, 2016 · Miami County, Indiana

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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 storm survey and eyewitness reports indicated a brief touchdown on the north side of Peru, IN. Damage to shingles and sheeting of a roof was noted at a medical center along with downed large tree limbs.

The wider storm

A unique combination of extreme low level moisture and a passing upper level disturbance provided the trigger for severe storms. Even though the clouds remained in place for most of the day and it did not get very warm, there was just enough instability to allow storms to develop. There was also a high degree of shear in the lowest levels of the atmosphere, which allowed multiple tornadoes to form. No other forms of severe weather occurred during the event.

Began near Ridgeview (40.7740, -86.0796).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Allen CountyEF1 Adams CountyEF0 Wells County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 657493. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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