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F0 tornado in Ward County, North Dakota

Tornado July 25, 1997 · Ward County, North Dakota

F0
Rating
12.0 mi
Path length
15 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 15 yards (0.01 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 moved from 8 S of Minot to 20 SE of Minot

Began near Minot (48.1200, -101.2800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Renville County 1 deadF0 Bottineau CountyF0 McIntosh CountyF0 Pierce CountyF0 Ward CountyF0 Bottineau CountyF0 Renville CountyF0 Mercer CountyF0 Ward County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5607108. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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