Archive Data Stream
1973-05-06 • Peak EF5 / F5 Intensity
Valley Mills, TX Tornado
Explore the interactive tornado track map for the 1973-05-06 Valley Mills, TX event. This tornado reached the peak of the Fujita scale, manifesting total structural failure in well-built homes and extreme landscape scarring.
Detailed analysis of the damage path indicates peak intensities consistent with F5/EF5 ratings. Our map data shows the forward velocity and vortex structure resulted in zero fatalities and zero injuries over a path length of 10.6 miles.
This record serves as a technical entry in the Fujita Supply Archive, preserving the meteorological history and track maps of North American storm intensity.
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
10.6 mi
Max Width
100 yd
Local Start Time
19:25:00
States Impacted
TX