F0 tornado in Koochiching County, Minnesota

Tornado August 9, 1993 · Koochiching County, Minnesota

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

Deaths

$50K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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 touched down to the southwest of a trailer home near the town of Littlefork. The tornado lifted the mobile home and deposited it about 0.25 mile to the northeast. Two people were killed and the mobile home was destroyed. Damage was estimated at $20,000. (M51M, F46M)

Began near To 4 E (48.4000, -93.4700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10331334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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