F2 tornado in Monroe County, Illinois

Tornado March 11, 2006 · Monroe County, Illinois

Rating

7.5 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 second Jefferson County, MO tornado crossed the Mississippi River into Monroe County Illinois at about 9:47 pm CST and moved north northeast for about 2 miles. Several trees were and outbuildings were damaged just to the southwest and northwest of Fults. The maximum width was 100 yards with a F2 rating.

Began near Fults (38.1333, -90.2667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5495631. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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