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F2 tornado in Randall County, Texas

Tornado May 5, 2002 · Randall County, Texas

F2
Rating
10.0 mi
Whole path
150 yd
Path width
2
Deaths
4
Injuries
$4.0M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Swisher County → Swisher County → Randall County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 damage assessment was made on this tornado. This tornado began in Lubbock's County Warning Area in Swisher county. After the tornado tore through the community of Happy Texas, it moved east northeast and entered the extreme southern sections of Randall county. Two homes received moderate damage from the tornado in Randall county. No injuries or deaths occurred in Randall county.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms raked across much of the Texas panhandle during the late afternoon and into the evening hours. Large hail and damaging winds along with several tornadoes occurred with these storms with the extreme southern Texas panhandle being hit hardest. No fatalities or injuries occured from the severe weather...although damage was reported from the high winds and large hail.

Began near Canyon (34.7500, -101.8000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Deaf Smith CountyF0 Hutchinson CountyF0 Deaf Smith CountyF0 Randall CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Hemphill CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Donley CountyF0 Hemphill CountyF0 Collingsworth County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5296658. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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