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F3 tornado in Cooke County, Texas

Tornado May 7, 1995 · Cooke County, Texas

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

880 yd

Path width

$600K

Damage as recorded

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 Montague County tornado continued moving northeast into Cooke County three miles northeast of Saint Jo, then across northwest Cooke County to near Bulcher before dissipating. The tornado heavily damaged or destroyed seven homes, damaged or destroyed numerous barns, outbuildings, telephone and power lines, and trees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10352569. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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