F0 tornado in Pike County, Illinois

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Pike County, Illinois

Rating

86.3 mi

Whole path

40 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 40 yards (0.02 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 tornado that started over northern Calhoun County crossed the extreme southeast corner of Pike County where it damaged a barn and several large trees. The tornado then continued into Greene County.

Began near Pearl (39.4000, -90.6333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5495994. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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