F1 tornado in Scott County, Illinois

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Scott County, Illinois

Rating

86.3 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

Injuries

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calhoun County → Pike County → Greene County → Greene County → Greene County → Scott County → Scott County → Morgan County → Morgan County → Sangamon County → Sangamon County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

Tornado entered Scott county from Green county (WFO Saint Louis), and continued northeast into Morgan county.

Began near Alsey (39.5167, -90.4167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5493728. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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