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EF0 tornado in Grant County, Kentucky

Tornado April 8, 2020 · Grant County, Kentucky

EF0

Rating

19.2 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$45K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Grant County → Pendleton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 3.5 miles east of the Mt. Zion area, on the western fringe of Williamstown Lake, along Peaceful Hollow Road. Several outbuildings and barns sustained roof damage, as well as some roof damage to homes.

The tornado then moved into Pendleton County at 21:50 EST and ended in Pendleton County near Milford Road at 22:07 EST.

The wider storm

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

Began near Dry Ridge (38.6748, -84.5520).

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 879597. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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