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F0 tornado in Chambers County, Alabama

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Chambers County, Alabama

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

The tornado briefly touched down about three-quarters of a mile north of Lafayette. Numerous large trees were knocked onto a home at the intersection of US 431 and State Highway 77. Several sheds were destroyed and a large trailer was blown over.

The wider storm

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

Began near Lafayette (32.9100, -85.4000).

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 Tallapoosa County F0 Barbour County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6397. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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