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F0 tornado in Mason County, Texas

Tornado May 4, 2006 · Mason County, Texas

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$80K

Damage as recorded

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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

The tornado damaged trees, a metal fence, and ripped some sheet metal roofing off a barn. A hunting cabin was also destroyed.

Began near Mason (30.7333, -99.1000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Mason County F0 Concho County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5507847. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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