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F0 tornado in Ellis County, Texas

Tornado April 16, 2002 · Ellis County, Texas

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

70 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

This tornado touched down on Interstate 35 near mile marker 394 south of Waxahachie. Two tractor trailers were overturned.

Began near Waxahachie (32.3333, -96.8500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Tarrant County F1 Ellis County F0 Tarrant County F0 Tarrant County F0 Tarrant County F0 Johnson County F0 Johnson County F0 Johnson County F0 Johnson County F0 Ellis County F0 Ellis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5288419. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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