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F1 tornado in Newton County, Mississippi

Tornado February 5, 2004 · Newton County, Mississippi

Rating

8.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$30K

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 touched down 6.5 miles south-southeast of Newton and moved northeast toward Hickory. As this tornado moved northeast it uprooted numerous trees and caused minor roof damage to 2 homes. This tornado was on the ground for 8 miles.

Began near Newton (31.8000, -90.0000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Rankin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5383833. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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