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F0 tornado in Hale County, Alabama

Tornado November 24, 2001 · Hale County, Alabama

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$7K

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

A tornado briefly touched down just northeast of Moundville along SR 69. The tornado knocked a few trees down and caused minor damage to a nursery and a mobile home. Beg: 33 00.047/87 37.135 End: 33 00.133/87 37.016

Began near Moundville (33.0000, -87.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5273368. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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