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F1 tornado in Warren County, Tennessee

Tornado April 7, 2006 · Warren County, Tennessee

F1
Rating
4.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
1
Death
$100K
Damage as recorded
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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 second F1 tornado hit Warren County almost two hours later from the first tornado. The tornado touched down near Morrison, TN along Caney Branch Road. This storm complex came out of Coffee County. There was extensive damage to a barn. A cinder block building was badly damaged. Numerous trees were down. The third fatality in Warren County occuured in a trailer home on Bonner Road to a 48 year-old female nurse. The trailer was destroyed. The tornado continued slightly south of east in the Country Club Subdivision. Several houses had roof damage, outbuildings were destroyed and a wooden shed was on its side. Three Weather Channel reporters were arrested for trespassing for being on the property where this fatality occurred.

The wider storm

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

Began near Mc Minnville (35.5833, -85.9167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Warren County 2 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5500707. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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