F1 tornado — Marshall County, Kentucky

F1 tornado in Marshall County, Kentucky

Tornado June 11, 2003 · Marshall County, Kentucky

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

$35K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 mobile home was pushed two to three feet off its pier foundation, nearly pulling tie downs out of the ground. Part of the wooden deck with an attached metal awning was thrown 200 feet across a roadway. Another part of the deck crashed into a corner of the mobile home and a pickup truck, causing substantial damage to both. A heavy wooden shed with some heavy equipment in it was flipped over. A utility trailer was moved several feet. Deck furniture and the metal roof from a carport were blown away. A dog was injured. Peak winds were estimated near 75 MPH. The damage location was about a half mile south of the intersection of Highway 795 and Foust Sledd Road, which is less than a mile west of the Purchase Parkway.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5359634. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Marshall County, Kentucky

What the National Weather Service wrote

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