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EF0 tornado in Muscatine County, Iowa

Tornado March 6, 2017 · Muscatine County, Iowa

EF0

Rating

25.2 mi

Whole path

1,000 yd

Path width

$52K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Muscatine County → Scott County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,000 yards (0.57 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

Tornado was rated EF-0 with peak winds of 74 MPH, a path length of 5.67 miles and max width 100 yards. The time of the event was estimated to be between 10:13 and 10:17 PM. The tornado continued on into Scott County. Power poles were snapped.

The wider storm

A line of severe storms tracked east over eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri during the evening of March 6th. Widespread winds over 70 mph, small hail, and several tornadoes were reported. Damage from these storms included: downed trees, power poles, destroyed outbuildings, and roof damage to several homes.

Began near Wildcat Den State Pk (41.4528, -90.8675).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Muscatine County EF2 Louisa County EF2 Scott County EF1 Cedar County EF0 Jackson County EF0 Clinton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 689836. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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