Texas, 2000

Tornado in Texas, November 3, 2000

November 3, 2000 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
$80,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Angelina

When
November 3, 4:35 PM CST
Where
Angelina County, 2 mi SW of Diboll
Rating
F1
Path length
2.3 mi
Path width
35 yd
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$80,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
31.167, -94.833

A weak tornado (landspout) developed along a weak convergence zone which draped northeast to southwest across this location. Airmass was saturated and tropical. According to local radar, Shreveport WSR-88D, and at least a dozen witnesses no thunderstorms were in the vicinity at the time. Trees blown over or broken. Several buildings lost portions of their roofs. An 18-wheeler was blown over on Highway 59 as the tornado moved over the truck while the truck was in motion. This tornado did not cross into another county.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5157737.