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F1 tornado in Pickens County, Alabama

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Pickens County, Alabama

Rating

9.5 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Lowndes County, Mississippi → Pickens County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 third tornado of the evening in Alabama, the Stafford Tornado, moved into Pickens County from Mississippi, at 7:42 pm just northwest of Stafford. This tornado, rated an F1 in Alabama, stayed over mostly rural land downing trees. The path length in Alabama was 4.5 miles, and the width about 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported in Alabama.Beg: 33 27.623/88 17.036 End: 33 28.267/88 12.269

Began near Stafford (33.4833, -88.2833).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5321439. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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