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EF0 tornado in Frio County, Texas

Tornado May 15, 2023 · Frio County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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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

An NWS Storm Survey found that an EF-0 tornado initially touched down on the west side of Dilley where damage to hardwood trees was noted. The tornado then moved in a northeasterly direction, causing damage to roofs of buildings on either side of I-35. The

tornado lifted on the east side of the interstate and covered approximately 0.7 miles over a span of 2 minutes. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms formed along a mesoscale boundary that moved from the Texas coast into a moist, unstable airmass. One of these storms produced a tornado and damaging wind gusts.

Began near Dilley Arpt (28.6761, -99.1888).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1101665. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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