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F2 tornado in Limestone County, Texas

Tornado March 30, 2002 · Limestone County, Texas

F2
Rating
7.0 mi
Path length
440 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 first touched down just west of farm road 2749 about .5 mile southeast of Thornton. Two houses were damaged, one mobile home destroyed and a mobile home unroofed. The tornado moved northeast damaging a barn, then moved into the Davis Prairie community damaging several houses, some mobile homes, and numerous outbuildings. The tornado moved northeast and weakened before dissipating 2.4 miles south of the Box Church community.

Began near Thornton (31.4000, -96.5833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Eastland CountyF0 Falls CountyF0 Limestone CountyF0 Hamilton CountyF0 Hamilton CountyF0 Eastland CountyF0 Erath CountyF0 Anderson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5284693. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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