F0 tornado in Pettis County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Pettis County, Missouri

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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 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

F0 tornado entered Pettis county from Johnson county at 2002 CST...8 miles southwest of Houstonia. The tornado was over rural areas before lifting at 2004 CST...6 miles west-southwest of Houstonia.

Began near Houstonia (38.8167, -93.4667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Pettis County 1 dead F2 Pettis County F2 Pettis County F1 Pettis County F0 Pettis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5497831. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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