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F1 tornado in Lawrence County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2005 · Lawrence County, Mississippi

F1
Rating
3.5 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$80K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 N of Silver Creek and demolished a mobile home. Additionally, numerous large trees were uprooted along the 3.5 mile path.

Began near Silver Creek (32.6500, -89.5333).

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 Smith CountyF1 Rankin CountyF1 Scott CountyF1 Simpson CountyF1 Clarke CountyF0 Covington CountyF0 Smith CountyF0 Madison CountyF0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5451193. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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