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F1 tornado in Hidalgo County, Texas

Tornado April 30, 2003 · Hidalgo County, Texas

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$1.5M

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

Damage report and survey determined that an F1 tornado touched down in Penitas at the intersection of Seven Mile Road and Tom Gill Road. Thirty-seven mobile homes and other structures sustained damage or were destroyed. Several larger trailers were pushed from their foundations and overturned.

Began near Penitas (26.1833, -98.1167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5355637. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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