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F1 tornado in Montgomery County, Alabama

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Montgomery County, Alabama

F1
Rating
6.0 mi
Path length
250 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 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 Pintlala tornado touched down about 3.8 miles southwest of the intersection of US Highway 31 and Oakridge Lane, near the Lowndes County line and Pinchony Creek. Numerous trees were snapped off just south of the Pintlala Elementary School. Ten buildings were damaged north of the school. The tornado tracked northeastward along US Highway 31 for another 2.5 miles before lifting near US Highway 31 and Lassiter Lake.

The wider storm

A strong storm system brought severe weather and heavy rainfall to much of Central Alabama.

Began near Fleta (32.1337, -86.4097).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Montgomery CountyF2 Pike CountyF1 Elmore CountyF1 Elmore CountyF0 Tallapoosa CountyF0 Chambers CountyF0 Barbour County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6332. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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