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F2 tornado in Perry County, Indiana

Tornado April 28, 2002 · Perry County, Indiana

Rating

32.5 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$1.6M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Perry County → Breckinridge County, Kentucky → Meade County, Kentucky; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

Five homes were destroyed. Five mobile homes were destroyed. Four other homes had damage. The roof was torn off a church. Numerous trees were uprooted and many outbuildings were destroyed.

Began near Tobinsport (37.8500, -86.6333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5291703. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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