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EF0 tornado in Geneva County, Alabama

Tornado April 19, 2020 · Geneva County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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

An EF0 tornado briefly touched down with damage consisting of snapped trees. Max winds were estimated around 75 mph.

The wider storm

A potent upper trough moved across the southeast states with numerous severe storms, including widespread wind damage and tornadoes. The tri-state area was under an enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center. Some of the tornadoes were significant and rated EF2. Unfortunately, one fatality occurred in southeast Alabama.

Began near Highfalls (31.1000, -85.7800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Henry County 1 dead EF1 Houston County EF0 Coffee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 890573. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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