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F0 tornado in Jackson County, South Dakota

Tornado June 4, 1999 · Jackson County, South Dakota

F0
Rating
14.0 mi
Whole path
75 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Oglala Lakota County → Jackson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

This tornado originated in Shannon County 5 miles southwest of Kyle. Path width and length estimated from law enforcement report.

Began near Potato Creek (43.4300, -102.1300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Oglala Lakota County 1 deadF2 Oglala Lakota CountyF1 Harding CountyF1 Lawrence CountyF0 Tripp CountyF0 Bennett CountyF0 Bennett CountyF0 Bennett CountyF0 Bennett CountyF0 Oglala Lakota CountyF0 Oglala Lakota CountyF0 Todd CountyF0 Todd County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5709559. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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