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F1 tornado in Winston County, Alabama

Tornado April 20, 1995 · Winston County, Alabama

F1
Rating
6.0 mi
Path length
120 yd
Path width
17
Injuries
$450K
Damage as recorded
What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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 about five miles southwest of Haleyville in Marion County along State Highway 129 and moved on a northeast track that took it into the northern section of Haleyville. The tornado path covered about five miles in Marion County and one mile in Winston County. The most significant damage occurred along State Highway 129 in Marion County and most of the injuries occurred in that area. Most of those injured were in mobile homes at the time the storm hit. Three mobile homes were destroyed along with three businesses. Large hail, around one inch, was also reported in Haleyville with the storm.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10313945. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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