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EF1 tornado in Grant County, Kentucky

Tornado April 8, 2020 · Grant County, Kentucky

EF1

Rating

2.4 mi

Path length

500 yd

Path width

$35K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

Damage occurred to numerous homes and outbuildings. Damage and destruction also occurred to large mature trees.

The wider storm

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

Began near Jericho (38.7145, -84.6632).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Grant County EF0 Gallatin County EF0 Kenton County EF0 Robertson County EF0 Mason County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 879595. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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