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F1 tornado in Loup County, Nebraska

Tornado October 31, 2000 · Loup County, Nebraska

F1
Rating
12.0 mi
Whole path
250 yd
Path width
$750K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Custer County → Loup County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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 tornado was on the ground as it moved into Loup county 2 miles southeast of Taylor. The tornado moved north northeast reaching a ranch 1 mile southeast of Taylor where several buildings were damaged. Then 2 outbuildings were destroyed at a farmstead 3 miles north northeast of Taylor with several buildings damaged including the home. There was also extensive damage to machinery, fences and power poles. As the tornado remained on the ground a farm building was damaged and pickup truck overturned 4 miles north northeast of Taylor before the tornado lifted.

Began near Taylor (41.7500, -99.3500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Custer CountyF2 Custer CountyF1 Frontier CountyF1 Hayes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5158464. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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