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F1 tornado in Hale County, Alabama

Tornado November 30, 2006 · Hale County, Alabama

Rating

5.8 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$10K

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 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 tornado touched down just south of the intersection of State Highway 69 and County Road 32, which is roughly half way between the Havana community and Greensboro. The tornado then tracked northeastward, and lifted at the southwestern edge of the Talladega National Forest near County Road 29. Hundreds of trees were either snapped off or were blown down along the path.

The wider storm

A line of moderate showers, along a cold front, produced isolated tornadoes and wind damage in Central Alabama.

Began near Havana (32.8100, -87.5800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Marengo County F1 Hale County F0 Hale County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6484. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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