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F2 tornado in Crockett County, Tennessee

Tornado April 16, 1998 · Crockett County, Tennessee

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$172K

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 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 touched down in Maury City and moved northeast toward Crockett Mills. One mobile home was destroyed. Seven houses were damaged. Five farm sheds were destroyed. Several trees were blown down.

Began near Maury City (35.8200, -89.2300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Dyer County 2 dead F0 Chester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5642126. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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