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F0 tornado in Elkhart County, Indiana

Tornado October 24, 2001 · Elkhart County, Indiana

Rating

10.0 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

Injuries

$2.6M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 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

Tornado touched down near intersection of Douglas and Bittersweet Roads in eastern St Joseph county and skipped northeast into extreme northwest Elkhart county where it crossed the Indiana Toll Road before lifting. Damage included a Toll Road administration building and 2 storage facilities. 9 cars were also damaged in the parking lot.

Began near (ekm)elkhart Muni Ar (41.7333, -86.0500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5270585. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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