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EF1 tornado in Harris County, Texas

Tornado January 9, 2022 · Harris County, Texas

EF1
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
40 yd
Path width
$300K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This EF1 tornado tracked from a wooded area, through North Hollow Estates then across the City of Humble with damage to trees and a couple of structures. Vans were flipped in a church parking lot. One retail building was destroyed with the loss of its roof and three walls. The post office also sustained minor damage.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms associated with the approach of an offshore low pressure system produced several tornadoes on the evening of January 8 and the early morning of January 9. These tornadoes resulted in several instances of property and tree damage across the Greater Houston Area. Some non-tornadic storms also produced strong, damaging wind gusts. Later, heavy rainfall associated with continuing thunderstorm activity resulted in flash flooding across the Houston Metro.

Began near Moonshine Hill (29.9700, -95.2700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1001212. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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