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F1 tornado in Alachua County, Florida

Tornado March 13, 1993 · Alachua County, Florida

F1
Rating
0.8 mi
Path length
60 yd
Path width
1
Death
4
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 destroyed a mobile home killing one person and injuring four others. A few houses were destroyed by the tornado and a resulting propane explosion at one of the residences. Trees and power lines were blown down. (F05M)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10318064. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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