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EF0 tornado in Collin County, Texas

Tornado March 14, 2024 · Collin County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

15 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 15 yards (0.01 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 brief EF-0 tornado formed on the UNT Frisco campus damaging a few signs and moving a car. The tornado then quickly moved northeast, crossing Preston Road, where it uprooted some young trees and broke additional tree limbs. The tornado dissipated soon after that, before reaching the Camden Panther Creek Apartments. Maximum winds with this tornado were 85 mph. The tornado was initially confirmed by video.

The wider storm

Scattered storms formed ahead of a dryline and cold front on the afternoon and night of March 14th, producing hail near and east of I-35 and north of I-20. 3 inch hail was reported west of Roanoke. Wind damage was reported in Collin County. A tornado briefly touched down just north of Frisco Thursday evening. Flash flooding was also observed with heavier training storms in Lamar County.

Began near Rockhill (33.1900, -96.8100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1163362. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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