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F2 tornado in Sangamon County, Illinois

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Sangamon County, Illinois

F2
Rating
86.3 mi
Whole path
400 yd
Path width
22
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 400 yards (0.23 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

The tornado touched down about 1/4 mile north of the Bunn Park golf course, and tracked to the northeast. The strongest damage was bounded by 15th Street, Cornell Avenue, South Grand Avenue, and Pope Avenue. Several homes had roofs torn off, with extensive damage to power poles and lines, along with numerous downed trees. The tornado continued to track northeast across Old Rochester Road, Singer Avenue, and Cook Street from White City Blvd. to a block east of Dirksen Parkway. The tornado crossed I-55 at the Clear Lake Avenue interchange, and overturned a semi truck. This tornado dissipated near Old Route 36, about 3/4 mile southwest of the Village of Clear Lake.No injuries or fatalities were reported.

Began near Springfield (39.8000, -89.6500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5493735. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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