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F1 tornado in Elmore County, Alabama

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Elmore County, Alabama

F1
Rating
5.2 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$30K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 Kent tornado touched down about 3 miles west of the Kent Community, near the intersection of County Road 159 and Chana Creek Road. The tornado then tracked north northeast and lifted near the intersections of State Highway 50, State Highway 229 and County Road 361. The tornado damage path generally paralleled State Highway 229 for a few miles. A roof was blown off a house and several trees were blown down along the path.

The wider storm

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

Began near Kent (32.6200, -85.9800).

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 6391. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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