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F0 tornado in Clarke County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2001 · Clarke County, Mississippi

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
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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

This weak tornado caused minor damage to a house and blew down several trees during its brief path from 12 miles northeast of Quitman to 12.5 miles northeast of Quitman.

Began near Quitman (32.1667, -88.5833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

10 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F4 Madison County 2 deadF4 Washington CountyF3 Humphreys CountyF1 Sunflower CountyF1 Leake CountyF1 Noxubee CountyF0 Hinds CountyF0 Hinds CountyF0 Oktibbeha CountyF0 Clarke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5272727. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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