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F1 tornado in Rankin County, Mississippi

Tornado February 5, 2004 · Rankin County, Mississippi

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$10K

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

This tornado moved into Rankin county from Simpson county and continued northeast for 1.5 miles before lifting. While in Rankin county, this tornado downed and snapped dozens of trees. The total path length was 10 miles.

Began near Piney Woods (31.6333, -90.6667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Newton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5383444. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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