F2 tornado in Blount and Loudon County, Tennessee

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

Rating

10.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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

The tornado that went through Loudon County continued across Blount County through the town of Friendsville and ending just west of Maryville. One large home was destroyed and several other were damaged. Numerous trees were snapped.

Began near Maryville (35.7800, -84.5700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10349511. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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