EF0 tornado in Bastrop County, Texas

Tornado March 21, 2022 · Bastrop County, Texas

EF0

Rating

5.5 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Bastrop County → Lee County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

Additional data from spotter reports, the Texas Department of Emergency Management, the Texas Department of Public Safety and radar data from the Texas A&M Aggie Doppler Radar (ADRAD) confirmed a second tornado in northern Bastrop County. The tornado touched down in far northeast Bastrop County just east of the intersection of North County Line Road and Old Lexington Road around 5:54 PM CST. The tornado then moved into the far western portion of Lee County approximately mile northwest of Trailside Dr. The tornado dissipated around 6:04 PM CST just before reaching the Middle Yegua Creek. At the initial point of touchdown a house lost some roof shingles, gutters, and siding consistent will EF-0 damage. We received a picture of this tornado on the ground in Lee County from a storm spotter. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.

The wider storm

A warm front brought a warm, moist airmass over South Central Texas early in the day. A dryline moved into this area from the west and generated thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts.

Began near Butler (30.3667, -97.2885).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Guadalupe County EF2 Travis County EF2 Travis County EF1 Williamson County EF1 Lee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1013404. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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