Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, LaPorte County, Indiana, October 24, 2001

RatingF2

Deaths1

Injuries0

Length35 mi

Width1,760 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.43, -86.90) to the end point (41.67, -86.48), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: October 24, 2001, 2:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Indiana
Counties: LaPorte County, St. Joseph County
Path: 35 miles long, up to 1,760 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on October 24, 2001

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Oct 24, 2001	F3	Indiana, Michigan	47 mi	1,320 yd	1	2
Oct 24, 2001	F3	Ohio	32 mi	440 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F2	Illinois	1.8 mi	300 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F2	Indiana	4.6 mi	1,320 yd	0	3
Oct 24, 2001	F2	Indiana	12.5 mi	440 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F2	Tennessee	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Illinois	1 mi	100 yd	0	2
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Illinois	2 mi	70 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Missouri	2.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Indiana	5.4 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Indiana	39 mi	150 yd	0	14
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Michigan	4 mi	400 yd	0	1
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Michigan	5 mi	400 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Indiana	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Michigan	2 mi	60 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Michigan	14 mi	100 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F1	Michigan	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F0	Illinois	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F0	Michigan	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F0	Indiana	0.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F0	Tennessee	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Oct 24, 2001	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	6 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.