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F1 tornado in Winston County, Mississippi

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Winston County, Mississippi

Rating

15.0 mi

Path length

500 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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 tornado formed about 6 miles south of Louisville around 8:20 PM. It moved east-northeast, completely destroying two mobile homes and damaging several other homes and outbuildings. Numerous trees were also snapped and uprooted. The tornado dissipated approximately 12 miles east of Louisville around 8:40 PM.

Began near Louisville (33.0500, -89.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Lowndes County F2 Attala County F1 Lowndes County 1 dead F1 Winston County F1 Lowndes County F1 Madison County F1 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322994. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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