F1 tornado — Clark County, Indiana

F1 tornado in Clark County, Indiana

Tornado May 30, 2004 · Clark County, Indiana

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 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

A very narrow F1 tornado moved through Clarksville and Jeffersonville. It touched down in Old Clarksville by the floodwall at the end of Arlington Drive. It moved east northeast through a residential area, causing mainly F0 damage to trees and some F1 roof damage to homes. It crossed Interstate 65 between exits 1 and 2, and moved into Jeffersonville. The tornado reached its maximum strength in the Martin Circle area, where it ripped a section off the roof of a community center, and tossed it into a nearby house. It next moved into an industrial park and did some roof damage to commercial buildings and businesses. The tornado crossed 10th Street and moved into another residential area, doing some more F0 damage to trees. It lifted near the end of Plaza Drive in Jeffersonville.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5396594. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Clark County, Indiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

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