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F1 tornado in Smith County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2005 · Smith County, Mississippi

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

$100K

Crop damage

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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 brief tornado touched down just SE of Polkville and tracked NNE for 3 miles. One poorly constructed home had its roof blown off. In addition, dozens of trees were blown down along the path.

Began near Polkville (33.7833, -89.8167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

12 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Rankin County F1 Leake County F1 Smith County F1 Rankin County F1 Scott County F1 Lawrence County F1 Simpson County F1 Clarke County F0 Covington County F0 Smith County F0 Madison County F0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5450449. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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