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F1 tornado in Madison County, Kentucky

Tornado May 11, 2003 · Madison County, Kentucky

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

A barn was destroyed. Two homes, two greenhouses, and a garage were damaged. The debris pattern indicated a brief tornado touchdown.

Began near Happy Lndg (37.6333, -84.4333).

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 Hart County F1 Garrard County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5357142. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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