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F1 tornado in Smith County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2005 · Smith County, Mississippi

F1
Rating
6.0 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$300K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

This tornado touched down just to the W of Sylvarena and tracked ENE for 6 miles. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path. Two miles W of Sylvarena, just off State Highway 18, a two story home had a large tree blown down on it causing major damage. Also at this location a outbuilding was destroyed. The tornado dissipated about 1 mile W of the Ted Community.

Began near Sylvarena (31.9667, -89.3000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Rankin CountyF1 Leake CountyF1 Smith CountyF1 Rankin CountyF1 Scott CountyF1 Lawrence CountyF1 Simpson CountyF1 Clarke CountyF0 Covington CountyF0 Smith CountyF0 Madison CountyF0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5450675. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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