F1 tornado in Monroe and McMinn County, Tennessee

Tornado February 21, 1993 · Monroe and McMinn County, Tennessee

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

Injuries

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 that was in McMinn County continued into Monroe County and produced considerable damage to the town of Tellico Plains. Over 100 houses were either damaged or destroyed. A high school had its gymnasium roof damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. The tornado continued into part of the Cherokee National Forest and damaged numerous trees and closed a campground for the season.

Began near Englewood To (35.4300, -84.5000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10349654. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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