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F1 tornado in Claiborne and Copiah County, Mississippi

Tornado February 21, 1993 · Claiborne and Copiah County, Mississippi

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$50K

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

The tornado heavily damaged a metal building and snapped off or toppled several trees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10330799. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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