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F1 tornado in Dale County, Alabama

Tornado November 5, 2002 · Dale County, Alabama

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$150K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

A tornado touched down just north of the intersection of County Road 69 and Highway 27 in northeast Dale County. It damaged several homes, an automobile, and several storage sheds. Three people suffered minor injuries. Two goats were killed by the flying debris. Dale County was declared a state disaster area. Reported by the Dale County EMA.

Began near Echo (31.5167, -85.4667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Henry County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5321638. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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