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F0 tornado in Polk County, Florida

Tornado November 8, 1995 · Polk County, Florida

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$1.1M

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 short-lived tornado touched down one mile west of Bartow Municipal Airport and damaged a vehicle. The tornado skipped east across rural countryside before it severely damaged a few hangars, overturned ten small private planes and downed several storage sheds and power lines. The hangers sustained approximately $500 thousand worth of damage while the planes incurred another $500 thousand.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10319812. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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