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F1 tornado in Elmore County, Alabama

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Elmore County, Alabama

F1
Rating
1.9 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 Emerald Mountain tornado touched down just north of the Tallapoosa River, just to the northeast of the toll bridge. This location is near the intersection of Emerald Mountain Expressway and County Road 4. A few small trees were blown over and limbs were broken off trees. The tornado tracked northeast into the Emerald Mountain Subdivision. At the top of the hill, a well constructed home sustained fairly substantial roof damage with the entire roof being shifted 3 inches. The tornado lifted in the Emerald Mountain Subdivision east of Grove Park Loop.

The wider storm

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

Began near Ware (32.4363, -86.1194).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6349. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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