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F1 tornado in Gibson County, Tennessee

Tornado May 4, 2003 · Gibson County, Tennessee

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 in the southeast part of the county and moved northeast. Two homes were destroyed and several other were damaged.

Began near Medina (35.8000, -88.7667).

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 Dyer County F2 Henry County F1 Weakley County F1 Carroll County F1 Dyer County F1 Dyer County F1 Henry County F1 Gibson County F0 Gibson County F0 Dyer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5357378. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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