F1 tornado — Greene County, Mississippi

F1 tornado in Greene County, Mississippi

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Greene County, Mississippi

Rating

4.5 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$750K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 first touched down near Avera Baptist Church on Pleasant Valley Road. This was where most of the damage was observed. The front part of the church roof was torn off. The tornado then moved east northeast damaging trees and causing roof damage along Pleasant Valley Road. The tornado crossed State Highway 63 causing roof damage to a few homes. The tornado continued east northeast over open countryside downing trees along its path. The tornado lifted back into the clouds near Indian Hill Road.

The wider storm

Strong southerly winds developed ahead of a cold front and caused low level shear to increase across the area. This low level shear aided in the development of a couple of tornadoes.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5863. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Greene County, Mississippi

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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