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F2 tornado in Gregg County, Texas

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Gregg County, Texas

Rating

9.7 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

Injuries

$19.0M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

Major damage to homes and businesses. Stoneridge Apartment complex lost portions of its roof and walls collapsed. The complex was condemned. This tornado is separate from the Gree County to Rusk County to Gregg County tornado event which occurred at the same time.

Began near Kilgore (32.3800, -94.8800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5695179. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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