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F0 tornado in Archer County, Texas

Tornado August 17, 1997 · Archer County, Texas

F0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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

An F0 tornado touched down briefly about 1/5 miles west of Highway 16. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

Summary of events of the afternoon and evening of August 17, 1997:Severe thunderstorms moved along and south of the Red River, producing large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and two tornadoes in western parts of north Texas. The tornadoes were observed south of Windthorst in Archer County. No damage was reported and both were rated at F0. The largest hail was reported near Harrold in Wilbarger County, where hail reached the size of golf balls. The most significant wind damage occurred in Clay County, where severe thunderstorm winds caused major damage to a group of houses and barns and then derailed a freight train near Jolly. Significant wind damage was also reported in the Henrietta area of Clay County and in Iowa park in Wichita County.See preceding individual Storm Data entries for further details and additional reports.

Began near Windthorst (33.4000, -98.4500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 Archer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5622435. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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