An F1 tornado destroyed a mobile home and parts of a radio station and church in an isolated area along Highway 1590, one half mile west of Albany. The mobile home was thrown over 100 yards and 1 resident was killed and 2 others seriously injured.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
An F1 tornado destroyed a mobile home and parts of a radio station and church in an isolated area along Highway 1590, one half mile west of Albany. The mobile home was thrown over 100 yards and 1 resident was killed and 2 others seriously injured. The deceased was a 39 year old male. The radio station lost its transmission tower as well as part of its roof. The tornado path was only 500 yards long and lifted and touched down again at least 2 times along the path. The path width was approximately 100 yards.
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:52 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Clinton | 1997-01-04 | 39 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
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