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F2 tornado in Barbour County, Alabama

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Barbour County, Alabama

Rating

19.8 mi

Whole path

650 yd

Path width

$506K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Coffee County → Pike County → Barbour County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 650 yards (0.37 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 Hamilton Crossroads tornado crossed from Pike into Barbour County, and traveled another 3 miles before lifting. Damage in the Barbour County portion was relatively minor, and consisted of mainly downed trees.

The wider storm

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

Began near Baxters (31.8000, -85.6600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6415. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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