F0 tornado in Blaine County, Idaho

Tornado October 4, 2006 · Blaine County, Idaho

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

70 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Tornado touched down near Picabo in open land. No damage occurred.

The wider storm

Tornado touched down in open ground near Mammoth Ice Caves. No damage was reported.

Began near Picabo (43.2300, -114.0700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1641. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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