F1 tornado — Warren County, Tennessee

F1 tornado in Warren County, Tennessee

Tornado April 7, 2006 · Warren County, Tennessee

Rating

11.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

Deaths

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

F1 tornado killed 2 people in a mobile home on Foster Rd. A 53 year-old woman was caring for an eldery male friend who also died in the mobile home. He was 81 years-old. She worked at the Federal Mogul plant in Smithville.Shingles were off roofs. Large trees were snapped, uprooted, or blown down. This tornado touched down on Lance Road, near Blue Hill Road. There was damage to a large barn, and shingles were torn off a portion of the roof. The tornado continued along a path due east where it crossed Highway 56 and Highway 287. Damage was noted on this path.

The wider storm

Warren County had 10 homes, farms or businesses with major damage. 19 homes, farms or businesses had moderate damage.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5500706. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Warren County, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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