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F1 tornado in Galveston County, Texas

Tornado February 10, 1998 · Galveston County, Texas

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

Injuries

$100K

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

Tornado touched down at Clear Creek high School. Windows blown out, temporary building turned over and damaged, fence damage to baseball field and tennis courts, soccer bleachers damaged. Roof damage to nearby elementary school and area homes and businesses. Wall failure on a strip shopping center on FM 518 east of Meadowbend Pkwy. 4 injuries from flying glass.

Began near League City (29.5000, -95.1000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Liberty County F1 Harris County F1 Harris County F1 Harris County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5634196. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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