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EF0 tornado in Harris County, Texas

Tornado January 8, 2022 · Harris County, Texas

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
40 yd
Path width
$70K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 tornado caused mostly intermittent EF0 damage along a one mile path. There was a small area of EF1 rated damage at the start of the path with a brick facade on a multi-story office building failing and nearby tree trunks snapped.

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 Spring Branch (29.7911, -95.5288).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Harris CountyEF1 Harris CountyEF0 Montgomery CountyEF0 Liberty CountyEF0 Harris County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1004018. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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