F0 tornado — Young County, Texas

F0 tornado in Young County, Texas

Tornado April 30, 2000 · Young County, Texas

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 brief touchdown was reported by chasers.

The wider storm

April 30, 2000 - Event NarrativeA big day for severe weather across northwest portions of the area. Several outflow boundaries, a dryline, and moist unstable air all helped contribute to thunderstorm development. There were several rounds of thunderstorms, the first wave was in the early morning hours, from about 3 am to 5 am. This activity developed in Young and Palo Pinto counties and moved eastward to affect Parker, Jack, Wise and Tarrant counties. Another event developed in the early evening, generally north and west of a Dallas, Glen Rose, Eastland line. Most of the activity was centered on Young, Jack, and Stephens county. A large tornado occurred near Olney (Young County) during this event. A continuation of aa tornado that began in Throckmorton county.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5140680. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Young County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Tornadoes near your address