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F1 tornado in Nueces County, Texas

Tornado June 17, 1997 · Nueces County, Texas

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

Injury

$80K

Damage as recorded

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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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

Sheriff and public report of a tornado. The tornado flipped over a vehicle and caused structuraldamage to homes. One man was injured with minor facial lacerations from flying debris and glass.

Began near Banquete (27.8000, -97.8000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5609045. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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