EF0 tornado — Limestone County, Texas

EF0 tornado in Limestone County, Texas

Tornado April 2, 2023 · Limestone County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

33 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 33 yards (0.02 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 rope tornado was reported in this approximate location. Tree damage was reported on State Highway 14 north of Kosse. The exact location is unknown but is close to the plotted track. This tornado was the second of 4 brief tornadoes a parent supercell produced as it moved across Falls and Limestone counties.

The wider storm

Widespread thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of Sunday April 2 in the vicinity of a dryline and a warm front, both of which were draped across the area. Many of these storms became severe, and a few storms in Central Texas produced large hail up to 3 inches. Another storm moving through Falls and Limestone County produced 4 brief tornadoes. Additional storms developed the afternoon of Monday April 3 along the dryline, which had surged east to near the I-35 corridor. Fewer storms occurred on Monday, but some still became severe.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1097382. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Limestone County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Tornadoes near your address