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EF0 tornado in Calhoun County, Florida

Tornado September 16, 2020 · Calhoun County, Florida

EF0

Rating

9.9 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$1K

Damage as recorded

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

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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

Trees were blown down and damage to a shed occurred in northern Calhoun county. In addition, the public reported a tornado crossing into southern Jackson county. Other than the shed, no structural damage occurred and this tornado was rated EF0.

The wider storm

Hurricane Sally made landfall early on the morning of September 16 across Gulf Shores Alabama. The greatest impacts to the tri-state area came in the form of very heavy rain and significant flooding on and away from area rivers. Record river flooding occurred on the Shoal River at Mossy Head as well as Holmes Creek at Vernon.

Began near Macedonia (30.5095, -85.0401).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 919995. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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