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EF0 tornado in Kenton County, Kentucky

Tornado April 8, 2020 · Kenton County, Kentucky

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 touched down near Bracht, near the intersection of Dixie Highway/Route 25 and County Road 14/Bracht-Piner Road. The tornado traveled east, causing barn, siding, tree and power pole damage for just over 1 mile along Bracht-Piner Road.

The wider storm

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

Began near Bracht (38.8282, -84.5918).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 879596. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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