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F2 tornado in Bollinger County, Missouri

Tornado May 6, 2003 · Bollinger County, Missouri

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$40K

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 F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 mobile home, a house, and a barn was destroyed. Most of the damage was on County Road 702. Peak winds were estimated around 130 MPH.

The wider storm

A supercellular severe thunderstorm tracked northeast across Bollinger and Cape Girardeau Counties, producing several tornadoes and hail up to golf ball size. Other severe thunderstorms north of the supercell's path produced damaging wind gusts and large hail.

Began near Grassy (37.4000, -89.4833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Cape Girardeau County F1 Cape Girardeau County F1 Cape Girardeau County F0 Bollinger County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5352654. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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