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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