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F1 tornado in Medina County, Texas

Tornado March 19, 2002 · Medina County, Texas

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$50K

Crop damage

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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 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 small and short-lived tornado struck very near a house in the Natalia area. It destroyed a large oak tree that had been determined to be an historic location. Researchers had documented that this was the tree under which General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Perez de Lebron had camped when he and his troops rested on the banks of Chacon Creek during his march on the Alamo in March of 1836.

Began near Natalia (29.2667, -98.8667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5285383. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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