Fort Worth Tornado

The Fort Worth Tornado tornado occurred on March 28, 2000, moving eastward through the downtown area of Fort Worth, Texas (USA).

The tornado passed through the west side of Fort Worth at about 6:18 p.m. It tore a 4-mile (5-km) path through the city. Blowing out windows, many of the downtown high rise buildings were virtually destroyed. The tornado dissipated around 6:28 p.m., and at its worst, was approximately one-quarter mile wide (0.4 km). The tornado was classified as a low-end F3 on the Fujita scale. Two people were killed by the tornado and 80 were injured, with six seriously injured. The heavy rain and hail that followed damaged many interior areas of buildings which were exposed by the tornado's winds.

The storm system spawned a second tornado which moved through Arlington and Grand Prairie. The second tornado caused a mile long track of damage mainly through residential areas, leaving 80 people homeless. The storm system caused approximately $500 million in damage to Tarrant County in year 2000 values.

A KXAS outdoor camera in downtown Fort Worth was broadcast parts of the tornado on live TV during the 6 p.m. weather segment.

This is not the first time the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex has been hit by a significant tornado. Another notable tornado hit Dallas on April 2, 1957. That tornado was among the most photographed tornadoes of the 20th century. It killed 10 people.

Tornado table

Confirmed tornadoes

See also

*List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
**List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
*List of tornadoes striking downtown areas

References

External links

* [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/ftworthtornado.html Preliminary Information on Fort Worth Tornado] (National Weather Service at Fort Worth)
* [http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/000328.html Satellite imagery] (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [http://www.wind.ttu.edu/Pubs/pdfs/D3-28-00%20Tor%20FtWorth.pdf Damage Survey and Assessment of Fort Worth Tornado, 28 March 2000]
* [http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/makeASX.php?title=www.wfaa.com/051117_10wild_lj.wmv News Report W/Footage]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2000/wtorn328.htm News Report] (USA Today}
* [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/sd0300.pdf March 2000 Storm Data report] (National Weather Service at Ft. Worth)
* [http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~413834 Final Storm Data report] (National Climatic Data Center)