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EF0 tornado in Frio County, Texas

Tornado August 15, 2022 · Frio County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$50K
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 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 small EF0 tornado formed as a cluster of storms was moving northward through northern Frio County. An NWS damage survey found a small tornado touched down along CR 2537 on the south side of Moore and then moved NW for about a quarter mile before dissipating. Two residences on CR 2537 have roof damage, along with several trees that were damaged. A neighboring property across the street had its fence blown down. Several items from the properties were thrown about a 100 yards. As the tornado moved quickly to the NW, it appears to have dissipated along CR 2518. Maximum winds are estimated to be 75 mph.

The wider storm

An area of tropical low pressure moved into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico. This low generated thunderstorms one of which produced a tornado in Frio County.

Began near Moore (29.0497, -99.0062).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1065930. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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