EF0 tornado in Iredell County, North Carolina

Tornado May 24, 2017 · Iredell County, North Carolina

EF0

Rating

1.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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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

NWS storm survey found the path of a weak tornado that began near the intersection of Aileen Ln. and Hillndale Ln. The tornado traveled northeast for about a mile before lifting near Musket Ln. Minor structural damage was reported to several homes and a storage building while multiple trees were uprooted.

The wider storm

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front across western North Carolina during the afternoon. Multiple severe storms produced isolated tornadoes, with a couple of strong tornadoes impacting the northwest Piedmont. Sporadic wind damage occurred across the remainder of the area.

Began near Shinnville (35.7070, -80.8340).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Iredell County EF2 Davie County EF1 Lancaster County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 703176. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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