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F1 tornado in Marion County, Mississippi

Tornado November 11, 2002 · Marion County, Mississippi

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

This tornado initially developed 3 miles north of Sandy Hook and moved northeast before dissipating around 1:00 AM. One unoccupied mobile home was destroyed, with another mobile home receiving major damage from a fallen tree. One house had chimney damage from a fallen tree, with many other trees blown down.

Began near Sandy Hook (31.0833, -89.8167).

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 Winston County F1 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5323000. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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