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F0 tornado in Meade County, Kentucky

Tornado April 28, 2002 · Meade County, Kentucky

Rating

32.5 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$1.6M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Perry County, Indiana → Breckinridge County → Meade 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 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

The tornado crossed into Meade County from Breckinridge County. Numerous trees were uprooted.

Began near Guston (37.8667, -86.2000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Ohio County F1 Hardin County F1 Edmonson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5291707. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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