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F2 tornado in Crockett County, Tennessee

Tornado November 9, 2002 · Crockett County, Tennessee

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

220 yd

Path width

$750K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 northeast of Bells and tracked northeast. Six mobile homes and four houses were destroyed. Another 62 homes and several businesses were damaged. Many trees and power poles were blown down.

Began near Bells (35.7333, -89.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Carroll County 2 dead F2 Tipton County F1 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5323704. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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