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F0 tornado in Marion County, Ohio

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Marion County, Ohio

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 small tornado touched down in rural Marion County about five miles north of Marion near the intersection of State Route 4 and U.S. Highway 23. The tornado was on the ground for only a couple hundred feet and caused no damage other than downing several trees.

Began near Marion (40.5833, -83.1333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Wayne County F2 Ashland County F2 Medina County F1 Richland County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322107. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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