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F0 tornado in Mercer County, North Dakota

Tornado July 10, 1997 · Mercer County, North Dakota

F0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
10 yd
Path width
$35K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 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 touched down 2 N of Golden Valley and moved to the north before dissipating. Tornado destroyed a pole barn and an airplane hanger. Strangely the airplane in the hanger only received a few scratches.

Began near Golden Vly (47.3200, -102.0700).

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 Ward CountyF0 Bottineau CountyF0 Renville CountyF0 Ward County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5607377. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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