F0 tornado in Sibley County, Minnesota
Tornado May 9, 2001 · Sibley County, Minnesota
F0
Rating
3.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated
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 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
Tornado blew hay out of barn. Farmer held onto pole to avoid being sucked out of barn.
Began near Green Isle (44.6667, -93.9833).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
F2 Rice CountyF0 Sibley CountyF0 Scott CountyF0 Scott CountyF0 Scott CountyF0 Scott CountyF0 Rice CountyF0 Kanabec County
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5250031. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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