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F0 tornado in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tornado September 25, 2005 · Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

$60K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 tornado touched down at approximately 552 PM CDT along Sipsey Valley Road between Buhl and Romulus. The tornado damaged three homes and snapped off several trees near Sipsey Valley Road. The tornado lifted in the rural countryside east of Sipsey Valley Road around 553 PM CDT. The tornado damage path was 1.2 miles long and 60 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita.Begin: 33 10.19/87 46.49 End: 33 11.09/8745.79

Began near Buhl (33.1667, -87.7667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5471784. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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