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F2 tornado in Marion County, Florida

Tornado March 29, 2001 · Marion County, Florida

Rating

22.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

More than 85 homes were damaged in three neighborhoods, knocking power out to 10,000 thousand of residents.

Began near Ocala (28.9833, -82.3667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5234136. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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