Home / Texas / Gaines

Tornado in Gaines County, Texas

Tornado May 22, 2023 · Gaines County, Texas

–

Not rated

7.5 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

Lanspout: A landspout tornado was reported by multiple sources looking east of Seminole. Landspout lasted for several minutes likely lifting multiple times. No damage was reported. Location and path details are estimated.

The wider storm

The active weather pattern continued across the southern Great Plains. An active sub-tropical jet stream with embedded disturbances helped initiate thunderstorms off the higher elevations and along a dryline across the region. A few supercells produced large hail and damaging winds across the Permian Basin. A brief landspout was also reported with one thunderstorm.

Began near Cedar Lake (32.6100, -102.3400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1101441. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.