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F0 tornado in Newton County, Missouri

Tornado May 20, 2001 · Newton County, Missouri

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 tornado had an intermittent path from one mile west of Diamond, to approximately two miles north of Diamond. Minor damage occurred to an outbuilding, plus trees and power lines were blown down.

Began near Diamond (37.0000, -94.3333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5247275. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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