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EF1 tornado in Newton County, Texas

Tornado March 30, 2022 · Newton County, Texas

EF1

Rating

1.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

A tornado touched down along the southern end of Toledo Bend Reservoir, damaging ten homes/camps roofs, several boat docks, barns, and snapped numerous pine trees. Max estimated winds of the tornado was 110 mph.

The wider storm

A vigorous short wave and associated cold front moved into the region spawning a round of thunderstorms. One tornado occurred along with isolated severe weather.

Began near Mayflower (31.1491, -93.6336).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1015157. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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