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F2 tornado in Barren County, Kentucky

Tornado January 24, 1997 · Barren County, Kentucky

F2
Rating
5.0 mi
Path length
600 yd
Path width
2
Injuries
$1.8M
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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.

The wider storm

An F2 tornado swept a 500-600 yard 7 mile path from just south of Glaskow to the small town of Wisdom, 5 miles west of Edmonton. The tornado damaged over 40 homes and several mobile homes. 2 people were injured including one seriously in a mobile home 1 mile southeast of Glaskow along Highway 90. One $275,000 home had its middle section completely destroyed. In addition, many large trees were downed in a convergent pattern. Residents and county DES said quarter to half a dollar size hail preceded the tornado by only seconds. Total damage was estimated at 2 million dollars.

Began near Glasgow (36.9800, -85.9000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Metcalfe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5587053. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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