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EF0 tornado in Montgomery County, Illinois

Tornado July 15, 2020 · Montgomery County, Illinois

EF0
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A combination of a ground survey and satellite data suggests a brief, weak tornado touched down northeast of Walshville, IL. The tornado first touched down in a corn field west of Durbin Road. The tornado then continued northeast, mainly causing tree damage, though some minor structural damage to a house west of Durbin Road also occurred. The tornado quickly lifted as it approached Durbin Road. The tornado was rated as EF0 with a path length of 0.57 miles and max path width of 50 yards.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved through the region triggering showers and storms. Some of the storms produced damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes.

Began near Walshville (39.0907, -89.5977).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Montgomery CountyEF0 Montgomery CountyEFU Macoupin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 905910. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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