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F1 tornado in Issaquena and Sharkey County, Mississippi

Tornado November 27, 1994 · Issaquena and Sharkey County, Mississippi

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

Injuries

$150K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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 touched down 4 miles south of Fitler in Issaquena county, then traveled northeast and moved into Sharkey county, 3 miles southwest of Onward. The tornado lifted 2 miles southeast of Onward. Four mobile homes and 4 frame houses were destroyed. Many trees and power lines were blown down. Two people were injured in a house near Fitler.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10331105. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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