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F2 tornado in Dyer County, Tennessee

Tornado May 4, 2003 · Dyer County, Tennessee

Rating

15.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

Injuries

$50.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

The tornado touched down just southwest of Dyersburg and tracked northeast through the middle of the city. Over 70 homes were destroyed and more than 300 were damaged. Eight commercial buildings were destroyed and nearly 20 were damaged.

Began near Dyersburg (36.0000, -89.4167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Madison County 11 dead F2 Weakley County F2 Henry County F1 Weakley County F1 Carroll County F1 Dyer County F1 Dyer County F1 Henry County F1 Gibson County F1 Gibson County F0 Gibson County F0 Dyer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5357327. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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