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F2 tornado in Hardin County, Texas

Tornado November 23, 2004 · Hardin County, Texas

Rating

32.0 mi

Whole path

600 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 600 yards (0.34 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.

The wider storm

A second tornado touched down in northeastern Hardin County, was was witnessed by many people. Residents could see both tornadoes on the ground for a brief time. One elderly woman was killed when several large trees fell on the mobile home she was in. Between 10 and 20 homes were damaged or destroyed, mainly near Highway 92 near the Hardin-Tyler county line.

Began near Kountze (30.4833, -94.1667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425182. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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