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F1 tornado in Carroll County, Tennessee

Tornado January 17, 1999 · Carroll County, Tennessee

Rating

10.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

Death

Injury

$750K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

The tornado started in Atwood and moved northeast. Two mobile homes were destroyed in McLemoresville. Two mobile homes were destroyed and eight others were damaged in Atwood. A house under construction was destroyed near hollow Rock. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

Began near Atwood (35.9700, -88.6700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Madison County 6 dead F3 Crockett County F3 Haywood County F2 Lauderdale County F1 Hardeman County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5685488. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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