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F0 tornado in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tornado September 25, 2005 · Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

F0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

Several storm spotters in western Tuscaloosa County reported a brief tornado touch down on the Greene and Tuscaloosa county line in the Sipsey Swamp. The tornado occurred between 354 and 355 PM CDT. The tornado snapped off a few trees along its short path. The tornado has been rated an F0 on the Fujita scale. The total damage path was only 3/10 of a mile long and 25 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Begin: 33 08.94/87 50.45 End: 33 09.24/87 50.02

Began near Elrod (33.1667, -87.9000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 Greene County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5473637. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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