F0 tornado in Glenn County, California

Tornado July 5, 2000 · Glenn County, California

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

0 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 0 yards (0.00 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.

The wider storm

A weak rope tornado was spotted by a construction worker approximately 7 miles northwest of Artois. A tornado warning had been issued for the area at 4:57 pm based upon radar indications of a well-developed mesocyclonic structure.

Began near Artois (39.6833, -122.3000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5171399. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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