F0 tornado in Calhoun County, Illinois

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Calhoun County, Illinois

Rating

86.3 mi

Whole path

50 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 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

A long track tornado that eventually hit Springfield, IL started as a small tornado over northern Calhoun County near the intersection of Hillcrest and Belleview Road on Farmers Ridge, or about 5 miles northwest of Kampsville. The tornado damaged a machine shed, one other smaller outbuilding and downed a few large trees. The tornado also caused damage along Highway 100 near the Illinois River. A barn was damaged and a number of large trees downed. The damage was rated F0. The tornado then crossed into extreme southeast Pike County.

Began near Kampsville (39.3500, -90.6833).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5495993. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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