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F0 tornado in Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Tornado May 6, 2002 · Winnebago County, Wisconsin

F0
Rating
4.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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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.

The wider storm

A low pressure system over southeast Minnesota moved east across central Wisconsin during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Severe thunderstorms developed in the unstable air near the intersection of a warm front and a cold front. There were numerous reports of large hail and some funnel clouds.Large hail damaged vehicles and buildings, stripping the siding from some houses, in Appleton (Calumet co.) and Menasha (Winnebago co.). Hail up to golf ball size covered the ground in Appleton.One weak tornado was on the ground for 4 miles and moved across Lake Winneconne. Another briefly touched down north of Oshkosh. No damage was reported with either tornado.

Began near Winneconne (44.1667, -88.7833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 Winnebago County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5295847. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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