F0 tornado in Wharton County, Texas

Tornado March 30, 2002 · Wharton County, Texas

Rating

0.5 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

There was a brief Tornado touchdown in the El Lobo Subdivision, 6 miles east of Hungerford, near the county line. Emergency management reported the event.

Began near Hungerford (29.4000, -95.9833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Harris County F3 Polk County F0 Fort Bend County F0 Wharton County F0 Fort Bend County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5292117. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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