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F2 tornado in Red River County, Texas

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Red River County, Texas

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$600K

Damage as recorded

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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 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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of strong upper low over central plains states. Numerous trees blown over or broken. Nine mobile homes and 1 frame home destroyed. This tornado moved into McCurtain county, OK.

Began near Clarksville (33.8300, -95.0500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5695175. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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