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F0 tornado in Brown County, Minnesota

Tornado July 14, 2003 · Brown County, Minnesota

F0
Rating
2.0 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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornado tore across corn fields and several groves of trees. Videotaped by storm chasers.

Began near Searles (44.2333, -94.5500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Blue Earth CountyF2 Blue Earth CountyF1 Blue Earth CountyF1 Blue Earth CountyF1 Blue Earth CountyF0 Brown CountyF0 Waseca County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5329686. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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