F0 tornado in Taylor County, Texas

Tornado May 24, 2002 · Taylor County, Texas

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

Eye witness reported a brief tornado just northeast of Happy Valley in southwestern Taylor County.

The wider storm

Several severe thunderstorms developed across the Big Country and the Heartland. These thunderstorms produced considerable damage in and around the town of Winters. There were also four tornado sightings, however they all were brief and did not produce any discernable damage.

Began near Tuscola (32.1333, -100.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Taylor County F0 Runnels County F0 Runnels County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5294580. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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