F0 tornado in Tunica and Desoto County, Mississippi

Tornado June 9, 1994 · Tunica and Desoto County, Mississippi

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 in Tunica County and moved into DeSoto County. Some trees and power poles were knocked down.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10333128. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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