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F3 tornado in Loudon, Roane and Blount County, Tennessee

Tornado February 21, 1993 · Loudon, Roane and Blount County, Tennessee

Rating

15.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 that started in Roane County continued into Loudon County and moved through the town of Lenoir City. Between 15 and 20 homes were destroyed and another 144 homes were damaged. Eighteen businesses were damaged or destroyed. A woman was killed as the tornado destroyed her home. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. (F82P)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10349195. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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