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F1 tornado in Madison County, Tennessee

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Madison County, Tennessee

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

220 yd

Path width

$3.0M

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 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 touched down northwest of Jackson and moved northeast. The tornado hit a subdivision and also hit parts of Union University where several buildings on campus was badly damaged. Around 500 cars at the school were damaged. Overall, one home was destroyed and over 150 homes and businesses were damaged.

Began near Jackson (35.6667, -88.9000).

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 F2 Crockett County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5323817. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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