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F1 tornado in Robertson County, Tennessee

Tornado May 4, 2003 – May 5, 2003 · Robertson County, Tennessee

Rating

24.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$5.0M

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

There was $1.8 million dollars worth of damage to the Springfield Industrial Park. 25 to 30 homes were damaged from Stroudsville, Sandy Springs and Springfield areas at a cost of $3.2 million dollars.

Began near Stroudsville (36.4833, -87.1167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Montgomery County F0 Hickman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5358411. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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