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F1 tornado in Citrus County, Florida

Tornado March 12, 1993 · Citrus County, Florida

F1
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
3
Injuries
$5.0M
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 formed just west of town and moved in. Fifteen homes were damaged, several heavily. Three people suffered injuries.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10317650. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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