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EF0 tornado in Ohio County, Indiana

Tornado April 8, 2020 · Ohio County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

5.2 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 first touched down along the 7300 block of Salem Ridge Road and tracked 5.25 miles to the east, before lifting near Rising Sun. Damage to roofs, siding, power poles and trees occurred, with damage becoming more diffuse and sparse as the storm headed east.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed ahead of an advancing cold front which crossed east through the region.

Began near Cofield Corner (38.9580, -84.9579).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Ripley County EF0 Ripley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 877173. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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