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F0 tornado in Clay County, Illinois

Tornado April 19, 1996 · Clay County, Illinois

Rating

25.0 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

Injuries

$7.1M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Marion County → Marion County → Clay 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.

The wider storm

A tornado moved into Clay County, 3.5 miles northwest of Xenia, from Marion County. It continued to the northeast before lifting 2.5 miles north northwest of Xenia. Damage was limited to some downed trees on the north end of Greendale Lake. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.

Began near Xenia (38.6700, -88.6800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5543935. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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