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F0 tornado in Caldwell County, Texas

Tornado June 5, 1998 · Caldwell County, Texas

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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.

The wider storm

The two tornadoes were preceded by large hail that shattered numerous windows in the Lockhart area and also destroyed corn crops in and around Lockhart. The first tornado developed about 5 miles south of Lockhart. It wasmall and very short-lived tornado was spotted by an off-duty police officer. It touched down in open country with no damage indicated. The second small tornado was spotted along SH86, around 9 miles southeast of Lockhart, as it moved briefly northeastward. This tornado, slightly stronger and longer-lived than the previous, uprooted numerous trees and snapped others at their bases.

Began near Lockhart (29.8200, -97.6700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Caldwell County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5650697. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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