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EF0 tornado in Falls County, Texas

Tornado March 21, 2022 · Falls County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.4 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
$1K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

A brief EF-0 tornado occurred just west of Rosebud around 7:25pm. Spotters reported a funnel and brief rope tornado, and damage to trees and powerlines was observed along FM-1963 one mile west of Rosebud. The tornado was likely in progress for around one minute or less and lifted prior to reaching the town. Maximum winds were likely around 70 mph.

The wider storm

A strong shortwave trough aided in the development of scattered to numerous thunderstorms during the late morning, afternoon, and evening hours of March 21. Thunderstorms initially fired along a dryline, many of which became severe, and some of which produced strong tornadoes. A total of 17 tornadoes were confirmed by storm survey teams, the strongest of which was the EF-3 Jacksboro tornado. One death occurred in a tornado in Grayson County near the Red River.

Began near Rosebud (31.0641, -96.9967).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Jack CountyEF2 Grayson County 1 deadEF2 Williamson CountyEF1 Palo Pinto CountyEF1 Montague CountyEF1 Montague CountyEF1 Montague CountyEF1 Cooke CountyEF1 Williamson CountyEF1 Milam CountyEF0 Wise CountyEF0 Tarrant CountyEF0 Tarrant CountyEF0 Tarrant CountyEF0 Denton CountyEF0 Limestone County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1014294. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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