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F0 tornado in Nelson County, North Dakota

Tornado July 18, 2001 · Nelson County, North Dakota

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

The tornado was 100 yards wide.

Began near Aneta (47.8000, -98.1667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Nelson CountyF0 Pembina CountyF0 Nelson CountyF0 Griggs CountyF0 Griggs CountyF0 Griggs CountyF0 Nelson CountyF0 Griggs CountyF0 Nelson CountyF0 Nelson CountyF0 Steele CountyF0 Steele CountyF0 Nelson CountyF0 Griggs CountyF0 Grand Forks CountyF0 Grand Forks County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5261135. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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