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F2 tornado in Gadsden County, Florida

Tornado December 19, 1995 · Gadsden County, Florida

F2
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
1
Death
1
Injury
$30K
Damage as recorded
What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 carrying the two residents over 125 yards. The men were found four hours later, one man (50) was dead, the other, his brother, (49) was severely injured. Items from the dwelling were found three miles away. M50MH

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10320087. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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