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F2 tornado in Woodford County, Illinois

Tornado May 10, 2003 · Woodford County, Illinois

Rating

31.5 mi

Whole path

300 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 300 yards (0.17 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

As the tornado crossed from Tazewell County into Woodford County it increased in intensity. It destroyed several homes, outbuildings and businesses along US 24 before clipping the northwestern side of Eureka damaging several homes there. As it traveled to the northeast, additional homes sustained damage as well as trees, power lines, power poles, sheds and outbuildings. It moved through the extreme northern portions of Roanoke before lifting and dissipating one mile north of Roanoke. Several homes in this area sustained damage. Overall, 4 people sustained minor injuries.

Began near Eureka (40.6833, -89.3167).

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 5354954. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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