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F0 tornado in Wells County, Indiana

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Wells County, Indiana

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 tornado touched down briefly in Wells county just east of Petroleum. An NWS areal survey found F0 damage occurred along a 1 mile path about 100 yards wide mainly to trees. Two small outbuildings were also damaged.

Began near Petroleum (40.6167, -85.1333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Adams County F1 Blackford County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5323451. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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