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F0 tornado in Bates County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Bates County, Missouri

Rating

16.4 mi

Whole path

220 yd

Path width

$400K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Linn County, Kansas → Bates County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 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

Tornado crossed into Bates county from Linn county Kansas at 1424 CST...2 miles west-southwest of Amsterdam. The F0 tornado caused damage to several buildings in Amsterdam. The tornado then continued northeast over rural areas with damage limited to trees. The tornado then lifted 1 mile northwest of Adrian at 1442 CST.

Began near Amsterdam (38.3333, -94.6167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Henry County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5498714. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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