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F1 tornado in Palo Pinto County, Texas

Tornado April 5, 2003 · Palo Pinto County, Texas

F1
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
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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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

Brief tornado touchdown reported on the east side of Possum Kingdom Lake. 25 mobile homes were damaged or destroyed at Sky Camp, Lefty's, and P. K. Lodge. No people were injured.

The wider storm

On April 5th, a lone supercell thunderstorm developed around 300 pm southeast of Claremont, in Kent County. This storm quickly became severe, and by 500 pm had moved eastward into western Young County in North Central Texas. This storm produced large hail, straight line damaging winds, and at least four weak tornadoes across North Central Texas from 510 pm cdt until 1050 pm cdt. This storm quickly dissipated after the last severe weather report at 1050 pm. The damage path across North Texas extended from Padgett, in western Young County, to west of Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County, a distance of approximately 192 miles. This was one of the costliest storms on record to hit North Texas, with damage estimates approximately 885 million dollars.

Began near Graford (33.6500, -95.5333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Tarrant CountyF0 Tarrant CountyF0 Dallas County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5353162. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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