F2 tornado in Hendry County, Florida
Tornado August 13, 2004 · Hendry County, Florida
F2
Rating
42.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
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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 F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 long-track supercell tornado, associated with a rainband of Hurricane Charley, moved across the open Everglades before striking a building in Clewiston.
Began near Clewiston (26.1500, -80.9333).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5412015. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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