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EF0 tornado in Shelby County, Kentucky

Tornado February 6, 2008 · Shelby County, Kentucky

EF0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
125 yd
Path width
$60K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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

The tornado destroyed a large barn. Sheet metal from the barn was thrown over 300 yards, and some metal from the barn was 50 yards to the west.

The wider storm

A cold front along with a strong upper level low produced a squall line that crossed central Kentucky. This set off widespread severe weather, and spawned several tornadoes.

Began near Waddy (38.1218, -85.0512).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Macon County 24 deadEF3 Allen County 4 deadEF2 Shelby CountyEF2 Nelson CountyEF2 Nelson CountyEF2 Harrison CountyEF2 Hardin CountyEF2 Hardin CountyEF2 Washington CountyEF1 Hart CountyEF1 Meade CountyEF1 Franklin CountyEF1 Washington CountyEF1 Mercer CountyEF0 Clark CountyEF0 Spencer CountyEF0 Spencer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 78158. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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