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F1 tornado in Gibson County, Tennessee

Tornado November 15, 2005 · Gibson County, Tennessee

Rating

15.0 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

$700K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Crockett County → Gibson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

The tornado moved into Gibson County from Crockett County and continued northeast. Around 25 homes and several businesses in the town of Dyer were damaged. Several mobile homes and utility sheds were damaged. Some homes suffered shingle damage.

Began near Eaton (35.9667, -89.1333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Henry County F1 Weakley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5479778. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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