F0 tornado in Baylor County, Texas

Tornado May 13, 2005 · Baylor County, Texas

Rating

16.5 mi

Whole path

50 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 50 yards (0.03 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

A brief tornado was reported 3 miles northwest of Bomarton. Data from the Doppler on Wheels research radars measured a wind velocity of 23 m/s at 22 m above ground level. The duration and path of the tornado beyond this point is unknown.

Began near Bomarton (33.5333, -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 5449019. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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