F0 tornado in De Witt County, Illinois

Tornado August 18, 2001 · De Witt County, Illinois

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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

A tornado formed along the leading edge of downburst winds just northwest of Dewitt. It moved southeast into town before lifting. It blew a chimney off of a church as well as some of its windows. Also, two homes sustained roof damage and a garage was blown down. Numerous large trees were ripped up and blown over. No injuries were reported.

Began near De Witt (40.1833, -88.7833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Champaign County F0 Mason County F0 Champaign County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5266242. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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