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F0 tornado in Tazewell County, Illinois

Tornado May 10, 2003 · Tazewell County, Illinois

Rating

31.5 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$10.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Tazewell County → Tazewell County → Tazewell County → Woodford County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

A tornado first touched down in Tazewell County 3 miles southeast of Washington. It damaged a couple of homes and businesses, as well as blowing down numerous trees, power poles and power lines. The tornado then moved into Woodford County where it increased in intensity. No injuries were reported.

Began near Washington (40.6667, -89.3667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Schuyler County F2 Mason County F2 Schuyler County F1 Fulton County F1 Fulton County F1 Mason County F1 Mason County F1 Woodford County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5354875. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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