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F0 tornado in Boone County, Nebraska

Tornado October 9, 2001 · Boone County, Nebraska

Rating

7.0 mi

Whole path

60 yd

Path width

$60K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Greeley County → Nance County → Boone County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 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

This tornado crossed over from Nance county...southwest of Boone county...one and one half miles east of the western county line. The tornado then traveled 1 mile north before lifting. According to a damage survey from the National Weather Service Hastings, Nebraska office, the tornado was around 60 yards wide in Boone county, and only some minor tree and crop damage was reported in Boone county, although more damage was observed across Nance county.

Began near Cedar Rapids (41.4833, -98.2667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5269731. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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