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F3 tornado in McLennan County, Texas

Tornado May 27, 1997 · McLennan County, Texas

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 third tornado developed about 1.5 miles east-southeast of Moody in open country just south of Farm-to-Market Road 107. The tornado moved south-southwest and destroyed a house and a barn. Another house was damaged and numerous trees were uprooted. Two vehicles were tossed several hundred feet by the tornado. The strong tornado dissipated about 0.5 miles after moving into extreme northern Bell County.

Began near Moody (31.3200, -97.3300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 McLennan County F0 McLennan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5599220. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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