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F2 tornado in Lauderdale County, Tennessee

Tornado January 17, 1999 · Lauderdale County, Tennessee

F2
Rating
3.5 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
11
Injuries
$2.0M
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 formed just west of Halls and travelled east. A mobile home park was damaged west of Halls with eight homes ripped apart. In Halls, several homes sustained damage to roofs, porches and siding. The tornado moved through the north end of the business district flattening two business with several other buildings including a church suffering major damage. As the tornado exited Halls, it damaged roofs, toppled trees and demolished a solitary mobile home. A total of 49 structures were damaged or destroyed.

Began near Halls (35.8700, -89.4300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Madison County 6 deadF3 Crockett CountyF3 Haywood CountyF1 Hardeman County 1 deadF1 Carroll County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5685374. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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