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F0 tornado in Dale County, Alabama

Tornado September 28, 1998 · Dale County, Alabama

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

$150K

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 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

An F0 tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of CR 40 and 7 near the Dale-Henry County line.Numerous trees were uprooted and a pump house was destroyed.

Began near Echo (31.4800, -85.4700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Coffee County F1 Coffee County F1 Geneva County F1 Geneva County F0 Dale County F0 Henry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5667278. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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