F1 tornado in Christian County, Missouri

Tornado November 5, 2005 · Christian County, Missouri

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

530 yd

Path width

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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 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

A National Weather Service storm survey team determined that an F-1 tornado touched down 4 miles east of Garrison and tracked 2 miles to the Douglas County line. The maximum width was one third of a mile.

Began near Garrison (37.6833, -92.6667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Oregon County F1 Douglas County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5480652. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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