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F2 tornado in Carroll County, Tennessee

Tornado March 1, 1997 · Carroll County, Tennessee

F2
Rating
25.0 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
$2.0M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Gibson 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.

The wider storm

A tornado developed in Crockett County near the town of Alamo. A long porch from a brick house was ripped off. The tornado continued northeast into Gibson county. Several business were damaged and a storage shed was destroyed as the tornado moved through the county. The tornado then reached Carroll county where it reached its peak intensity. Significant damage occurred in the town of McKenzie. Sixty-seven homes and ten businesses were damaged or destroyed. Four people were injured as well.

Began near Atwood (35.9700, -88.6700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Crockett County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5595265. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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