F2 tornado in La Porte County, Indiana
Tornado October 24, 2001 · La Porte County, Indiana
F2
Rating
35.0 mi
Whole path
1,760 yd
Path width
1
Death
$1.0M
Damage as recorded
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through La Porte County → St. Joseph County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,760 yards (1.00 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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.
Began near Wanatah (41.4333, -86.9000).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5271991. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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