F0 tornado — Clark County, Illinois

F0 tornado in Clark County, Illinois

Tornado June 1, 1999 · Clark County, Illinois

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$350K

Damage as recorded

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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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down 4 miles southeast of Westfield. It destroyed 3 machine sheds, a barn, and several trees. The nearby house did not sustain any damage. As it travelled to the northeast, another farm was hit. Two sheds, a brooder house, and half a barn were destroyed. The house sustained major damage with a large hole in the roof and almost every window was shattered. Debris was found up to two miles away. The house was shifted on its foundation which caused the concrete porch to split in half. A 2x4 flew through the house and was embedded into a wall. The tornado then lifted and dissipated 3 miles west of Clarksville. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated around $350,000.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5703994. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Clark County, Illinois

What the National Weather Service wrote

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