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F0 tornado in Floyd County, Texas

Tornado May 12, 2005 · Floyd County, Texas

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
500 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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

F0 tornado in South Plains.A multi-vortex tornado associated with the previous circulation. This tornado was much weaker in comparison to the primary and stronger tornadic circulation mentioned earlier. This tornado was reported approximately one-half mile south of FM 689 and 7 miles east of State Highway 207.

The wider storm

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across portions of the Texas panhandle and the South Plains of West Texas on Thursday May 12, 2005.The weather pattern on this day was highly conducive for severe thunderstorm and tornado development. A southward moving cold front early in the day became nearly stationary by afternoon as a strong flow of moisture overspread the area from the southeast.Numerous waves of severe thunderstorms developed throughout the afternoon on Thursday and continued well into the after midnight hours on Friday. During this long duration event, between the hours of 4:30 PM and 10:00 PM, several tornadoes occurred across the area.The National Weather Service in Lubbock, TX, dispatched a damage survey team to assess reports of tornadoes and associated damage.

Began near South Plains (34.3000, -101.5833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Crosby CountyF2 Floyd CountyF2 Crosby CountyF0 Lamb CountyF0 Hale CountyF0 Hale CountyF0 Lubbock County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5452540. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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