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EF0 tornado in White County, Indiana

Tornado August 15, 2018 · White County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

22 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 22 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 drone survey indicated that numerous crops were pushed down in a convergent path in a field south of County Road 1250 South. A residence on the north side of the road suffered minor shingle damage with a nearby barn losing part of its roof and a tree uprooted in the yard. The tornado quickly lifted after impact the residence. Maximum winds of 60 to 65 mph are estimated.

The wider storm

A weak disturbance, abundant moisture and localized shear allowed low topped showers to develop across White and Cass counties. One of the showers produced a brief, weak tornado.

Began near Badger Grove (40.5666, -86.9533).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 780775. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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