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F0 tornado in McCracken County, Kentucky

Tornado May 6, 2003 · McCracken County, Kentucky

F0
Rating
2.0 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

Trees were snapped off or uprooted along the north side of Highway 1820, just inside the McCracken County line. Peak winds were estimated near 70 MPH.

The wider storm

The most prolific tornado-producing storm of the night entered western Kentucky near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and moved east, passing between Paducah and Mayfield. The storm continued to spawn tornadoes, mostly of weak to moderate intensity, until it reached Kentucky Lake. Elsewhere, severe thunderstorms moved northeast across northwest Kentucky, producing sporadic wind damage and a tornado. Sporadic wind damage occurred in Livingston, Crittenden, Webster, and Daviess Counties, with a tornado in Union and Henderson Counties.

Began near Melber (36.8833, -88.2833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Ballard CountyF1 McCracken CountyF1 Graves CountyF1 Graves CountyF1 Marshall CountyF1 Marshall CountyF1 Union CountyF1 Henderson CountyF1 Hickman CountyF1 Graves County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5351994. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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