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F0 tornado in Orange County, California

Tornado January 17, 1993 · Orange County, California

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

Injury

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado ripped through a residential section, tearing shingles from roofs, uprooting trees and scattering debris over a several block area. There was damage to 31 homes.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10316563. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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