F3 tornado — Weakley County, Tennessee

F3 tornado in Weakley County, Tennessee

Tornado April 2, 2006 · Weakley County, Tennessee

Rating

31.0 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$26.5M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 tracked east out of Gibson County into Weakley County. The most affected area was between Pillowville and Staffords Store. Four homes were destroyed and twenty-eight homes were damaged. At least two barns were leveled. Two people were seriously injured when their mobile home was destroyed. The tornado then continued further east into northern Carroll County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5506370. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F3 tornado in Weakley County, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

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