F0 tornado — Galveston County, Texas

F0 tornado in Galveston County, Texas

Tornado October 16, 2006 · Galveston County, Texas

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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

An EF-0 tornado lifted up and spun a sheriff's patrol vehicle. There was also damage to a boat storage unit.

The wider storm

The combination of very deep tropical moisture with a slow-moving warm front and the approach of a strong upper level trough resulted in excessive rainfall across Harris and various surrounding counties. The ground became saturated on the 15th due to scattered convection before the more organized thunderstorms moved into the area shortly after midnight. These storms produced heavy rainfall due to their training nature. A brief break occurred during mid-day which allowed area creeks and bayous to recede before the onset of additional afternoon rainfall. There were four directly related drowning fatalities during this episode. Two deaths were in Harris County, one in Fort Bend County and the one in Liberty County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 832. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Galveston County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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