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F1 tornado in Montgomery and San Jacinto County, Texas

Tornado May 31, 1995 · Montgomery and San Jacinto County, Texas

Rating

8.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$120K

Damage as recorded

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

Local sheriff reported two houses destroyed, concrete damage, and trees and power lines downed just to the northeast of Cut And Shoot and into western San Jacinto County. The storm first touched down at 1625 CST near the town of Cut-N-Shoot in eastern Montgomery County. It crossed the county line at 1640 CST before lifting approximately five miles southwest of Coldspring.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10353975. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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