F0 tornado in Runnels County, Texas

Tornado March 19, 2002 · Runnels County, Texas

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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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 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 tornado briefly touched down in an open field south of the town of Ballinger.

The wider storm

A supercell thunderstorm produced 3 tornadoes as it moved from San Angelo northeast to near Ballinger. Although the tornadoes produced minor damages, hail up to the size of golf balls that fell during the storm pounded the southern half of San Angelo, producing over $15 million in damage. Other storms produced quarter size hail and wind damage across parts of the Heartland and Northwest Hill Country.

Began near Ballinger (31.6833, -99.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Tom Green County F1 Tom Green County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5285805. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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