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F1 tornado in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

Tornado September 25, 2005 · Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

F1
Rating
3.5 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
7
Injuries
$2.0M
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 on the southeast side of Starkville, just southwest of the MSU Campus, in the Sherwood Forest subdivision and tracked northeast for 3.5 miles through the MSU Campus then dissipated at Highway 82.The Sherwood Forest subdivision had several trees uprooted and about 5 homes with shingle damage. The tornado then moved across an open field toward the MSU Campus. The MSU Seed Technology Building sustained major damage to most of the metal/tin structures. A RV was rolled over at this location. The rest of the campus sustained broken windows, downed trees and roof damage to several buildings. The tornado exited MSU Campus and continued northeast. For the last mile, numerous homes sustained minor roof damage and broken windows. Just before the tornado dissipated the University Mobile Home park was severely hit. Eleven mobile homes were flipped over and destroyed along with many others sustaining minor damage. Seven injuries occurred at the mobile home park, all in the destroyed mobile homes. The tornado dissipated shortly there after just before reaching Highway 82.

Began near Starkville (33.4667, -88.8333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5479257. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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