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F2 tornado in Carroll County, Tennessee

Tornado April 7, 2006 · Carroll County, Tennessee

F2
Rating
9.0 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
5
Injuries
$2.0M
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 moved out of Henderson County and continued northeast into Carroll County. The town of Yuma was significantly affected by this tornado with the highest concentration of damage occurring in the residential area between Yuma Baptist Church and the south side of Highway 424. There were five injuries as a result of the tornado. Fifteen homes were destroyed and twenty-nine homes were damaged. The Yuma Community Center, a former school building, was destroyed. The Yuma Church of Christ sustained significant roof damage. Numerous trees and power lines were also knocked down. The tornado continued to travel northeast past Yuma and eventually lifted at the Natchez Trace State Park near Hester Trail Road.

Began near Clarksburg (35.8333, -88.3667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Henderson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5506839. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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