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F1 tornado in Newton County, Texas

Tornado January 2, 1999 · Newton County, Texas

Rating

12.5 mi

Whole path

250 yd

Path width

Death

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 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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.

The wider storm

The Jasper County tornado moved into Newton County, and did significant damage to forested lands in rural Newton County.

Began near Call (30.4500, -93.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5684312. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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