F0 tornado in Monroe County, Missouri

Tornado May 10, 2003 · Monroe County, Missouri

Rating

14.5 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The Monroe County supercell spawned its second tornado near the southwest city limits of Monroe City at approximately 6:30 pm CDT. The tornado moved northeast across the northern part of town. Twenty-five homes sustained varying degrees of roof damage due to downed trees and large tree limbs broken by the tornado. The width of the damage area was 50 yards and damage intensity was rated F0 over this area.

Began near Monroe City (39.6333, -91.7500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5358191. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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