Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Tarrant County, Texas, May 11, 1973
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length8.4 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.92, -97.45) to the end point (32.80, -97.42), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 11, 1973, 7:29 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Texas
- Counties
- Tarrant County
- Path
- 8.4 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 11, 1973
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1973 | F2 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F2 | New Hampshire | 0.5 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | Texas | 2 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | Texas | 2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F1 | South Carolina | 0.2 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.