F2 tornado in Nacogdoches County, Texas

Tornado April 6, 2003 · Nacogdoches County, Texas

Rating

13.8 mi

Path length

220 yd

Path width

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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 classic supercell thunderstorm moved northeastward across Angelina County, TX into Nacogdoches County, TX producing a strong tornado. Damage was confined to uprooted and snapped trees.

Began near Nacogdoches (31.4500, -94.7333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Angelina County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5348729. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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