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EF0 tornado in Gibson County, Tennessee

Tornado February 24, 2018 · Gibson County, Tennessee

EF0

Rating

4.2 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 weak tornado tracked through rural areas knocking down trees.

The wider storm

A strong cold front interacted with a very unstable airmass across the Midsouth during the afternoon and evening hours of February 24h. All facets of severe weather occurred.

Began near Georgetown (36.0043, -88.9915).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Obion County EF1 Henry County EF0 Obion County EF0 Weakley County EF0 Weakley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 740250. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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