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F1 tornado in Hardin County, Texas

Tornado November 23, 2004 · Hardin County, Texas

Rating

32.0 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Death

$950K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Hardin County → Hardin County → Tyler County → Jasper County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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.

The wider storm

The first tornado of the day touched down in a rural area of Hardin County, and mainly travelled through timber country. Large trees were blown down as the tornado crossed Highway 69 north of Kountze was 200 yards wide. It narrowly missed a Texas Forestry station. Several homes were damaged from falling trees.

Began near Honey Is (30.4000, -94.4333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425181. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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