F0 tornado — Wabash County, Indiana

F0 tornado in Wabash County, Indiana

Tornado May 26, 2001 · Wabash County, Indiana

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$2K

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

F0 tornado damaged ne corner of garage and nearby shed.

The wider storm

Synoptic and mesoscale conditions and event summary for Saturday May 26th, 2001A low topped supercell thunderstorm developed in Cass county Indiana, and moved northeast through the Fort Wayne metropolitan area and into northwest Ohio. This thunderstorm produced several tornadoes and numerous funnel clouds. The wind field was favorable for rotating storms on with strong veering in the KIWX Wind Profile. This was on the south side of a unseasonably cold closed upper low in the mid and upper levels. Surface temperatures in the lower 50s, and scattered showers were against strong thunderstorm development. However sunshine over central Indiana allowed enough heating for a thunderstorm to develop and quickly began rotating.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5243002. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Wabash County, Indiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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