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F1 tornado in Jefferson County, Texas

Tornado October 16, 2006 · Jefferson County, Texas

Rating

2.8 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$300K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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

A tornado destroyed 5 mobile homes and damaged an additional 20 homes just east of China. Trees and power lines were blown down.

The wider storm

An abundance of moisture and high wind shear resulted in several tornadoes and flash floods across southeast Texas.

Began near China (30.0300, -94.3500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Hardin County F0 Newton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 2391. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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