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F3 tornado in Genesee County, Michigan

Tornado July 2, 1997 · Genesee County, Michigan

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

1,500 yd

Path width

Death

Injury

$3.8M

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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.

Began near Clio (43.1800, -83.6200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Genesee County F2 Wayne County F1 Oakland County 1 dead F1 Saginaw County F1 Saginaw County F1 Saginaw County F1 Saginaw County F1 Genesee County F1 Genesee County F1 Lapeer County F1 Livingston County F0 Macomb County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5607598. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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