F1 tornado in Benton County, Tennessee

Tornado May 27, 2000 · Benton County, Tennessee

Rating

4.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 hit the New Hope Road and Valentine road area the hardest with many downed trees. The tornado continued onto the Lick Creek Acces Road region and then crossed the Tennessee River.

Began near Big Sandy (36.3000, -88.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Houston County F0 Montgomery County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5146911. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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