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F2 tornado in McLennan County, Texas

Tornado May 27, 1997 · McLennan County, Texas

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$75K

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 F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 tornado developed just west of Box Ranch Road and moved west-southwest to just west of Mackey Ranch Road where a mobile home was destroyed. The tornado also uprooted numerous large trees along its path.

Began near Lorena (31.3800, -97.3200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 McLennan County F0 McLennan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5599218. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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