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F0 tornado in Hemphill County, Texas

Tornado May 5, 2002 · Hemphill County, Texas

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. The tornado developed over northeastern Hemphill county and then moved east for about a mile and crossed in Norman Oklahoma's County Warning Area in Ellis county. No damage or injuries were reported from the tornado. No injuries or deaths occurred from the tornado.

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 Glazier (35.9167, -99.9667).

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 Armstrong CountyF0 Hemphill CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Armstrong CountyF0 Donley CountyF0 Collingsworth County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5296762. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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