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EF1 tornado in Garfield County, Utah

Tornado September 22, 2016 · Garfield County, Utah

EF1
Rating
0.8 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$300K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 touched down in Panguitch, producing an intermittent damage path

which included EF1 damage to a business in town and EF0 damage to several homes and numerous trees. The most significant damage occurred to a business located at 609 North Main Street, where the tornado took off the roof of a building. The tornado also caused significant damage to numerous vehicles in the area and knocked down multiple power lines, leaving much of the community without power. No injuries were reported across the area.

The wider storm

A strong and moist Pacific storm brought widespread precipitation and severe weather to Utah. Two tornadoes were reported on September 22, and other significant impacts included strong gusty winds, large hail, and widespread flash flooding.

Began near Panguitch (37.8339, -112.4309).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Weber County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 660568. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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