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F2 tornado in Jasper County, Texas

Tornado January 2, 1999 · Jasper County, Texas

F2
Rating
12.5 mi
Whole path
800 yd
Path width
1
Death
10
Injuries
$1.3M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jasper County → Newton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

An F2 tornado moved across southern Jasper County. At least 15 homes were destroyed, 20 received major damage, and 10 received minor damage. The worst hit area was Callier Loop, south of Buna. The fatality occurred here. A tied down mobile home rolled over at least five times, ejecting a man 100 yards and a woman 500 yards. The man received a broken back and other serious injuries, while the woman died a few days later from a broken neck, back, and internal injuries. Debris from this home was spread over a mile across the fields.Brick walls were cracked in permanent homes, pickup trucks were lifted in the air and pushed 20 feet from where they originally were parked, and any mobile home situated lengthwise north to south was rolled over and destroyed. There were several stories of people being ejected from their mobile homes, and walking away with minor injuries.This tornado moved into Newton County. Total path length for both Jasper and Newton Counties is 12.5 miles.

Began near Evadale (30.3500, -93.9700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5684311. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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