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F0 tornado in Pickens County, Alabama

Tornado September 25, 2005 · Pickens County, Alabama

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$2K

Damage as recorded

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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 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.

The wider storm

Storm Spotters in western Tuscaloosa County reported a brief tornado touch down near the Tuscaloosa and Pickens County line. The brief tornado touched down at approximately 339 PM CDT in far southeastern Pickens County. The tornado affected only rural countryside and a few trees were damaged. The tornado damage path was 1/4 of a mile long and only 25 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Begin/End: 33 09.65/87 51.35

Began near Benevola (33.1667, -87.8833).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5473635. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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