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F2 tornado in Rusk County, Texas

Tornado April 6, 2003 · Rusk County, Texas

Rating

4.9 mi

Path length

220 yd

Path width

Injuries

$2.3M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 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 supercell storm moved across the northeast part of the county. About 20 wood frame and mobile homes were damaged. Six (6) mobile homes were totally destroyed. Numerous trees were twisted, broken and uprooted. This tornado remained in Rusk County.

Began near Tatum (32.3000, -94.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5348723. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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