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F2 tornado in Logan County, Illinois

Tornado May 30, 2003 · Logan County, Illinois

F2
Rating
11.1 mi
Whole path
880 yd
Path width
$2.5M
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 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 tornado touched down 4 miles north of the Lincoln Weather Service Office, just southwest of Lawndale (Logan County). It traveled to the southeast blowing down numerous trees, tree limbs, power lines and power poles. It destroyed a mobile home, shoved a two-story house 15 feet off its foundation, destroyed several sheds and barns. Six to seven other homes sustained minor to major damage due to the tornado. It crossed from Logan County into DeWitt County just north of Illinois Route 10 near Beason. No injuries were reported.

Began near Lincoln (40.1500, -89.0833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Woodford CountyF2 De Witt CountyF1 Mason CountyF1 De Witt CountyF0 Fulton CountyF0 Logan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5357055. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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