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Tornado in Stonewall County, Texas

Tornado June 17, 2023 · Stonewall County, Texas

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Not rated

4.3 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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous storm chasers reported a tornado in far southern Stonewall County over open ranch land. No known damage occurred.

The wider storm

On the afternoon of the 17th, isolated supercell thunderstorms developed across the Rolling Plains, east of a dryline. These storms were aided by a short wave trough moving through northeastern New Mexico but much of the local area in West Texas remained capped leading to only isolated development. Very strong instability led to hail up to golf ball size in Kent County. This same supercell thunderstorm went on to produce a tornado in far southern Stonewall County over open ranch land.

Began near Aspermont Arpt (32.9857, -100.3701).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1098290. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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