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EF1 tornado in Trinity County, Texas

Tornado April 28, 2024 · Trinity County, Texas

EF1

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

Death

Injury

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 short-lived EF1 tornado with maximum estimated winds of 100 mph impacted the Rock Creek Subdivision in Trinity. The tornado destroyed a mobile home in the subdivision, and two of its occupants sustained injuries. One of those injured died five days later. Widespread tree damage and damage to vehicles was also observed along an approximate 500 yard long and 200 yard wide path.

The wider storm

Evening through overnight storms produced a lot of flash flooding, a couple tornadoes, some winds damage and some hail.

Began near Pagoda (30.9102, -95.3160).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Grimes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1165426. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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