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F1 tornado in Hart County, Kentucky

Tornado May 11, 2003 · Hart County, Kentucky

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

Evidence of two brief tornado touchdowns was found embedded in a widespread area of straight line wind damage. The first tornado touchdown was in the Rowlette Street area, and the second was just outside Munfordville on Highway 357. The wind damage event then continued northeast out of town toward Glen Lily. Buildings in a three square block area in downtown Munfordville were damaged, including the Munfordville court house.

Began near Munfordville (37.2833, -85.9167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Mercer County 1 dead F2 Hardin County F1 Garrard County F1 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5357138. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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