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F1 tornado in Hickman County, Kentucky

Tornado May 29, 2004 · Hickman County, Kentucky

F1
Rating
5.4 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
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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

A damage survey found numerous trees down along the tornado path. There were no known structures within the damage area. Peak winds based on tree damage were estimated near 80 MPH. The tornado tracked from about 4 miles southwest of the small community of Fulgham to 2 miles east of Fulgham.

The wider storm

Strong rotation was observed within a thunderstorm for the duration of its path from Fulton County, east-northeast across Hickman and Graves Counties, to the Marshall/Calloway County line. A tornado tracked several miles across Hickman County. Several trees were down in southern Graves County, including two around Wingo and two others south of Mayfield. A funnel cloud was observed close to the ground by trained spotters at the Marshall/Calloway County line, just west of Highway 299.

Began near Clinton (36.6000, -88.9000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5398025. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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