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F1 tornado in Hardin County, Kentucky

Tornado April 28, 2002 · Hardin County, Kentucky

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 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

Two homes had their roofs torn off. There was minor structural damage to 24 other homes. Numerous trees were uprooted. Tornado intensity was estimated at F1 with spots of F2 damage.

Began near Radcliff (37.8333, -85.9833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Breckinridge County 1 dead F1 Ohio County F1 Edmonson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5291758. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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