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F0 tornado in Pettis County, Missouri

Tornado March 30, 2006 · Pettis County, Missouri

Rating

22.6 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

Death

$455K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Johnson County → Pettis County → Pettis 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

F0 tornado crossed from Johnson county into Pettis county 5 miles west of Green Ridge at 2024 CST. The tornado dissipated 2 miles northwest of Green Ridge at 2027 CST. No significant damage was observed.

Began near Green Ridge (38.6167, -93.5000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5497918. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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