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F3 tornado in Cass County, Texas

Tornado April 23, 2000 · Cass County, Texas

Rating

27.8 mi

Whole path

880 yd

Path width

$165K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Cass County → Cass County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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

This tornado developed in a high precipitation supercell as it moved eastward across the county. This was one of several tornadoes that occured. The tornado tracked eastward across wooded territory and farmland. Several barns and 2 cross country electrical towers were toppled.

Began near Linden (33.0500, -94.3833).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5140353. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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