F0 tornado in Baylor County, Texas

Tornado May 13, 2005 · Baylor County, Texas

Rating

16.5 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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

This rain-wrapped tornado began in Knox county, 4 miles W of Vera, and traveled about 16 miles before eventually moving into Baylor county where it quickly dissipated. The tornado was generally moving to the southeast by the time it moved into the county. This tornado moved through open country with no known damage.

Began near Bomarton (33.4667, -99.4667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Knox County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5449018. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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