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F0 tornado in St. Joseph County, Michigan

Tornado October 24, 2001 · St. Joseph County, Michigan

F0
Rating
47.0 mi
Whole path
440 yd
Path width
1
Death
2
Injuries
$8.8M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through St. Joseph County, Indiana → Berrien County → Cass County → St. Joseph County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 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 into Berrien county Michigan from St Joseph county Indiana south of Niles (see Storm Data for Indiana, Northeast for more information on the beginning portion of this tornado in Indiana). The tornado tracked northeast across extreme southeast Berrien county, then across Cass county and the northeast corner of St Joseph county Michigan. F1 damage was reported south of Niles, near Edwardsburg, and in Cassopolis. The tornado was skipping as it caused general F0 to F1 damage across northeast Cass county and northwest St Joseph county.

Began near Howardsville (42.0333, -85.7333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5270580. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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