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F1 tornado in Fayette County, Tennessee

Tornado April 2, 2006 · Fayette County, Tennessee

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

Injuries

$200K

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 tornado briefly touched down near the town of Longtown and moved east. Ten homes and two businesses were damaged, along with many barns and outbuildings. Numerous trees and power lines were downed.

Began near Longtown (35.3500, -89.5167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Dyer County 16 dead F3 Gibson County 6 dead F3 Gibson County 2 dead F2 Haywood County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5506444. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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