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F1 tornado in Madison Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 21, 1999 · Madison Parish, Louisiana

F1
Rating
16.0 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
$205K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Madison Parish → Warren County, Mississippi; 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 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

Eight 18-wheelers and several cars were blown off of Interstate 20 just east of Tallulah. Five power transmission towers were toppled. Many trees were uprooted or split. A large road sign and a television antenna were bent over by winds. Shingles were removed from a motel roof. Part of metal awning was torn off of a gas station roof. This tornado continued into Warren County Mississippi.

Began near Tallulah (32.3700, -91.2000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Franklin ParishF1 Morehouse ParishF1 Catahoula ParishF0 West Carroll ParishF0 Catahoula ParishF0 Franklin Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5681643. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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