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F0 tornado in Clay County, Texas

Tornado April 24, 2006 · Clay County, Texas

Rating

6.3 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Cotton County, Oklahoma → Clay County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 tornado initially touched down in Cotton County, 4.8 miles south-southwest of Randlett, Oklahoma (see Oklahoma tornado entry beginning at 1923 CST). The tornado crossed the Red River into Clay County 3.8 miles north of Thornberry. The tornado dissipated about a mile east of the river. This tornado caused some damage in Oklahoma but no damage was reported in Texas.

Began near Thornberry (34.1167, -98.3833).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5500894. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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