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F3 tornado in Titus County, Texas

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Titus County, Texas

Rating

19.2 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Death

$330K

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 F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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

Seven homes were destroyed. Two of the homes were swept from their slabs.

Began near Winfield (33.2000, -95.1300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5696336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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