Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Tornado in Rice, Texas rips roofs off structures

The tiny town of Rice, Texas was struck by a medium-size tornado. The 125 mph winds flipped trucks and railroad vehicles. Four individuals were taken to a nearby hospital after the Rice, TX tornado; most of the damage in Rice was done to property.

F2 tornado is seen striking Rice, Texas

Rice, Texas begun to view a really heavy storm on Sunday night around 5:30 p.m.. An F2 twister was spotted during the storm. The twister had been observed by witnessed in Rice, TX. They even thought to video tape it. There were roofs getting ripped off homes. Even an elementary school lost a roof. There is quite a toll that needs to be paid to fix all the Rice, Texas roofing. This contains the homes and elementary school.

Feasible tornadoes outside Rice, Texas

Sunday, there have been about five possible tornadoes in Texas with the F2 in Rice, Texas just one of them. There weren’t any confirmations made about the “possible” tornadoes in TX. They are being investigated by the National Weather Service though. None of the tornadoes were long. They all lasted a short time.

The Fujita scale of Rice, Texas twister

The tornado in Rice, Texas is being listed as an “F2.”. The “F” means the scale is the Fujita scale. There is only one way to discover out the rating of a twister. It is based off the wind inside the actual tornado. A “significant tornado” is what the Rice, TX tornado is being called. It had 125 mile per hour winds in it. F2 or F3 tornados are what about 25 percent of all tornadoes are listed at. Only 1 percent of twisters are violent, or has an F4 or F5 rating. The “F” rating is usually connected to the damage the twister makes also. It will be an additional few weeks before we see the official Rice, Texas tornado rating.

Articles cited

Washington Post

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