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F0 tornado in Montgomery County, Illinois

Tornado June 1, 1999 · Montgomery County, Illinois

Rating

22.6 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$750K

Damage as recorded

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

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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 small tornado formed northwest of Harvel and tracked northeast into Christian County. Damage was limited to trees and crops.

Began near Harvel (39.3700, -89.5700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5724301. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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