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F1 tornado in Henderson County, Tennessee

Tornado April 7, 2006 · Henderson County, Tennessee

Rating

3.5 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

The tornado began near Pitts Road and traveled three and a half miles east to Sardis Cemetery. The tornado lifted as it passed east of the cemetery. Extensive tree and power pole damage was observed along the path, especially at the Sardis Cemetery. Some of the downed trees caused damage to some tombstones in the cemetery. No residences were damaged and there were no injuries.

Began near Sardis (35.4333, -88.3333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Henderson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5506840. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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