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F0 tornado in Calloway County, Kentucky

Tornado May 23, 2000 · Calloway County, Kentucky

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$4K

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

The supercell thunderstorm that produced the F-1 tornado near Almo Heights in Calloway County generated another weaker, short-lived tornado between Murray and Hamlin. Spotters and sheriff deputies chasing the funnel cloud clearly observed multiple brief touchdowns in open fields and woodlands. Tree limbs were torn off. There was no structural damage. The path width was estimated to be no more than 50 feet wide.

Began near Murray (36.6167, -88.2333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5143171. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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