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F1 tornado in Cooper County, Missouri

Tornado April 10, 2001 · Cooper County, Missouri

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

Tornado on the ground around Pilot Grove for 5 minutes, moving east. It produced minor roof damage to two homes. There were also downed trees and power lines. It was accompanied by baseball sized hail.

Began near Pilot Grove (38.8667, -92.9167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Johnson County F1 Pettis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5243526. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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