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F3 tornado in Tarrant County, Texas

Tornado April 16, 2002 · Tarrant County, Texas

F3
Rating
2.1 mi
Path length
80 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
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 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

The fourth and most significant tornado of the day developed in east Fort Worth just south of Ramey Avenue east of Loop 820, moved north and dissipated between Forest and Haynie streets, south ofGreenlee Street. Damage occurred to a strip mall, with heavy damage to a duplex. Several homes were partially unroofed, two businesses suffered heavy damage, and roof damage occurred to the sanctuary of a church.

Began near Ft Worth (32.7500, -97.3500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Ellis CountyF0 Tarrant CountyF0 Tarrant CountyF0 Tarrant CountyF0 Johnson CountyF0 Johnson CountyF0 Johnson CountyF0 Johnson CountyF0 Ellis CountyF0 Ellis CountyF0 Ellis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5288412. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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