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F1 tornado in Noble County, Indiana

Tornado October 24, 2001 · Noble County, Indiana

Rating

39.0 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

Injuries

$2.9M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Marshall County → Kosciusko County → Noble County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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 touched down in extreme southeast Marshall county and moved northeast across Kosciusko county and into Noble county where the tornado dissipated near Rome City. Most significant F1 damage was north of Warsaw Indiana where 14 people were hurt at a factory when a wall collapsed. Most of the damage was F0-F1 along the 33 mile path. Average path width was 150 yards.

Began near Indian Vlg (41.3667, -85.6333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5270583. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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