Rita's Tornadoes (57 confirmed as of 03/1830z)

[SamSagnella]

See update below.

[hicksta]

Pretty sure had some in harris county texas. When 1 whole street inland has buge trees down then the houses across have branches tells you somethin

[conestogo_flood]

I'm not to sure how hurricane Rita related this is... but as she was passing over southern Ontario, thunderstorms spawned an F1 tornado near Feversham.

[CajunMama]

I know I had one over my house at around 3:30 Saturday morning. I was still up, chatting in the chatroom (thanks for those who put up with me) and it was actually quiet outside when all of a suddent it sounded like a huge jet taking off. I freaked out needless to say!

[arkess7]

WOW Frances-123 tornados.......whew!!!! I remember as she passed us me and my husband saw something that sure looked like a tornado east of us going by.......and then when our power came back on there was reports of all kinds of tornados touching down around ocala,,,

[digitaldahling]

You can add at least six more for Mississippi.

[url]http://www.bolivarcom.com/NF/omf/bolivar/news_story.html?[rkey=0022548+[cr=gdn[/url]

[floridahurricaneguy]

Missed some for mississippi. 2 or 3 in Lauderdale county. The one actually went through our house in mississippis backyard! It was F0.

Matt

[HurryKane]

Warren County
1.) F0 tornado - path length .12 miles - path width 7 yds
Quote:
MAN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 61 NORTH DROVE HIS TRUCK THROUGH THE TORNADO.

It's flatter'n a fritter if he was north of I-20, so how he didn't see it is beyond me. Unless he did it for funsies.

There were a huuuge number of tornado warnings for Mississippi when Rita came through.

[mcw]

Warren County
1.) F0 tornado - path length .12 miles - path width 7 yds
Quote:
MAN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 61 NORTH DROVE HIS TRUCK THROUGH THE TORNADO.

It's flatter'n a fritter if he was north of I-20, so how he didn't see it is beyond me. Unless he did it for funsies.

There were a huuuge number of tornado warnings for Mississippi when Rita came through.

Friend of mine was sleeping, wife driving when they drove into an F0 in northern Michigan a few years ago. It was obscured in rain and they didn't see it until they drove into it. It was similar in size to the one reported above, small enough that it did no real damage to the 3/4 ton Ford they were in, but they did wind up in the oncoming lane.

[Brent]

There were a huuuge number of tornado warnings for Mississippi when Rita came through.

More than huge... I don't think I've ever seen so many warnings. The Jackson NWS Office issued hundreds of warnings alone...

[SamSagnella]

Updated to include several more touchdowns in the BMX CWA...total confirmed now 57.

Total Tornadoes-------57
Total Casualties-------1 death, 19 injuries
Longest Track---------13.8 miles (Tuscaloosa Co., AL)
Strongest Tornado----F3 (Tensas Parish, LA)
Widest Tornado-------800 yds (Jefferson Co., MS and Humphreys/Sunflower Co., MS)

Please note that I'm only including tornadoes confirmed by the NWSFOs and NOT through media reports, though that's not to say they won't be confirmed later.

[SamSagnella]

Surveys are nearing completion across the mid- and deep-south.

As of 1830z Monday, a total of 57 tornadoes have been confirmed as a result of Hurricane Rita. This leaves Rita in fourth place on the list of the most tornado-producing US tropical cyclones of all time.

1- Frances, 2004: 123
2- Ivan, 2004: 117
3- Beulah, 1967: 113
4- Rita, 2005: 57 (so far)
5- Danny, 1985: 40
6- Beryl, 1994: 37
7- Katrina, 2005: 36
8- David, 1979: 34
9- Allen, 1980: 29
9- Gilbert, 1988: 29

NWS Birmingham CWA -- 20 Tornadoes
Fayette County
1.) F0 tornado - path length .1 miles - path width 20 yds

Greene County
1.) F1 tornado - path length 6 miles - path width 250 yds

Greene County into Tuscaloosa County
1.) F0 tornado - path length .3 miles - path width 25 yds

Lamar County
1.) F0 tornado - path length .1 miles - path width 25 yds

Lamar County into Fayette County
1.) path length 6.2 miles - path width 300 yds

Pickens County
1.) F0 tornado - path length 5.2 miles - path width 30 yds
2.) F0 tornado - path length .25 miles - path width 25 yds

Sumter County
1.) F0 tornado - path length 2.8 miles - path width 50 yds

Tuscaloosa County
1.) F0 tornado - path length 1.6 miles - path width 80 yds
2.) F0 tornado - path length .75 miles - path width 50 yds
3.) F1 tornado - path length 13.8 miles - path width 100 yds
4.) F1 tornado - path length 6.7 miles *2 injuries*
5.) F0 tornado - path length 5.8 miles - path width 100 yds
6.) F0 tornado - path length 5 miles - path width 60 yds
7.) F0 tornado - path length 1.2 miles - path width 60 yds
8.) F1 tornado - path length 4.8 miles - path width 125 yds
9.) F0 tornado - path length .1 miles - path width 10 yds

Winston County
1.) F0 tornado - path length .75 miles - path width 50 yds
2.) F1 tornado - path length 2.5 miles - path width 150 yds
3.) F0 tornado - path length .5 miles - path width 30 yds

NWS Houston CWA -- 0 Tornadoes

TORNADOES...NONE REPORTED

NWS Jackson, MS CWA -- 24 Tornadoes
Bolivar County
1.) F0 tornado

Concordia Parish, LA
1.) F0 tornado - path length 2 miles - path width 75 yds
2.) F0 tornado - path length 1 mile

Concordia Parish, LA into Tensas Parish, LA
1.) F3 tornado - path length 13 miles - path width 150 yds *2 injuries*

Holmes County
1.) F2 tornado - path length 12 miles - path width 250 yds
2.) F0 tornado

Humphreys County
1.) F0 tornado - path length 4 miles - path width 50 yds
2.) F1 tornado - path length 1.5 miles - path width 75 yds

Humphreys County into Sunflower County
1.) F1 tornado - path length 3 miles - path width 100 yds
2.) F2 tornado - path length 17 miles - path width 800 yds *1 death, 2 injuries*

Jefferson County
1.) F2 tornado - path length 10 miles - path width 600 yds
2.) F1 tornado - "brief touchdown"
3.) F2 tornado - path length 8 miles - path width 800 yds *1 injury*

Lauderdale County
1.) F1 tornado - path length 1.75 miles - path width 150 yds

Leake County
1.) F1 tornado - path length 1.5 miles - path width 100 yds

LeFlore County
1.) F1 tornado
2.) F0 tornado

Madison Parish, LA
1.) F0 tornado - path length 4 miles

Newton County
1.) F2 tornado - path length .75 miles - path width 100 yds

Oktibbeha County - MSU Tornado
1.) F1 tornado - path length 3.5 miles - path width 200 yds *7 injuries*

Rankin County
1.) F1 tornado - path length .75 miles - path width 75 yds
2.) F0 tornado - path length .5 miles - path width 50 yds

Warren County
1.) F0 tornado - path length .12 miles - path width 7 yds

MAN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 61 NORTH DROVE HIS TRUCK THROUGH THE TORNADO.

Washington County
1.) F2 tornado - path length 2 miles - path width 300 yds


NWS Lake Charles CWA -- 0 Tornadoes

STORM CHASERS IN BEAUMONT REPORTED GUSTNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE RITA. NO OTHER TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED SO FAR.

NWS Little Rock CWA -- 11 Tornadoes
Arkansas County
1.) F1 tornado (90 mph) - path length 7 miles

Arkansas County into Jefferson County
1.) F0 tornado (60 mph) - path length 8.5 miles

Cleburne County
1.) F0 tornado (70 mph) - path length .6 miles
2.) F1 tornado (90 mph) - path length .7 miles

Conway County
1.) F2 tornado - path length 1 mile

Desha County
1.) F0 tornado (60mph) - path length 11 miles

Drew County
1.) F1 tornado (75mph) - path length 4.8 miles

Lonoke County
1.) F2 tornado (120mph) - path length 7.2 miles *5 injuries*

Lonoke County into Pulaski County
1.) F1 Tornado (80mph) - path length 5.6 miles

Pulaski County into Faulkner County
1.) F0 Tornado (65mph) - path length 8 miles

White County
1.) F2 tornado (155mph) - path length 9 miles


NWS Mobile CWA -- 2 Tornadoes
Monroe County
1.) F0 tornado
2.) F0 tornado

[f5]

Frances had to produce tornadoes beacuse she was an ugly CAT 2.Miminal damage

[SectionOne]

I'm shocked that tuscaloosa tornado was only a F1. It looked HUGE on the video I saw.

[SamSagnella]

I'm shocked that tuscaloosa tornado was only a F1. It looked HUGE on the video I saw.

Yeah, the video was quite impressive...however, if it didn't hit anything at it's peak intensity and F1 damage was the only thing that was observed, that's what rating it would (and did) receive. Such is the nature of the Fujita scale...