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F0 tornado in Houston County, Alabama

Tornado December 16, 2000 · Houston County, Alabama

Rating

29.0 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 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

The supercell thunderstorm which spawned the F2 tornado in Geneva moved northeast across extreme western Houston County and produced an F0 tornado which caused minor roof damage to five homes, blew out windows and overturned lawn furniture. The tornado tracked northeast into southeast Dale County. Reported by the Houston County EMA.

Began near Wicksburg (31.2500, -85.6333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5168217. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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