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F0 tornado in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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

A weak tornado touched down about one-half of a mile west of Reeltown, near the intersection of County Road 45 and County Road 13. Several trees were blown down or snapped off along the short path. One mobile home suffered some siding damage. Three outbuildings also sustained significant damaged.

The wider storm

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

Began near Reeltown (32.6100, -85.8300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Montgomery County F2 Pike County F1 Montgomery County F1 Elmore County F1 Elmore County F0 Chambers County F0 Barbour County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6392. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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