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EF0 tornado in Brazoria County, Texas

Tornado January 24, 2023 · Brazoria County, Texas

EF0

Rating

2.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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

EF0 damage was observed in southwest Pearland. A path of damaged trees and fences was found from just west of the intersection of CR 90 and Bailey Avenue extending northeast to near Magnolia Parkway. The most significant damage noted was along Crescent Drive where nearly ten homes had minor roof and window damage.

The wider storm

Several tornadoes occurred across the area in the afternoon.

Began near Pearland (29.5457, -95.3372).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Harris County EF2 Liberty County EF0 Fort Bend County EF0 Chambers County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1075135. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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