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F0 tornado in Armstrong County, Texas

Tornado May 5, 2002 · Armstrong County, Texas

F0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

The tornado remained over open country and no damage or injuries were reported. The tornado path length and width were estimated.

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 Wayside (34.7667, -101.5667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Swisher County 2 deadF0 Deaf Smith CountyF0 Hutchinson CountyF0 Deaf Smith CountyF0 Randall CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Hemphill CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Donley CountyF0 Hemphill CountyF0 Collingsworth County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5296661. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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