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EF0 tornado in Spencer County, Kentucky

Tornado February 6, 2008 · Spencer County, Kentucky

EF0
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
220 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$200K
Damage as recorded
$100K
Crop damage
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 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

This tornado destroyed two barns, and did heavy damage to several other barns and homes.

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 Taylorsville (38.0179, -85.3400).

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 Shelby CountyEF0 Clark CountyEF0 Spencer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 79044. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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