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Tornado in Hale County, Texas

Tornado May 3, 2024 · Hale County, Texas

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Not rated

0.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

An off-duty NWS employee and a trained spotter reported a brief tornado north of Hale Center that remained over an open field.

The wider storm

A third consecutive day of severe storms impacted the region on the afternoon and evening of the third. An approaching upper level jet streak aided in the development of thunderstorms along a dryline draped from north to south over the eastern South Plains. A very moist airmass that had been present the previous couple of days remained in place. Under strong heating in the eastern South Plains, storms were able to take advantage of ample instability in place and quickly became severe. One supercell thunderstorm produced hail up to 3.50 inches in diameter in Quitaque (Briscoe County). A supercell thunderstorm north of Cotton Center (Hale County) produced a brief tornado before dissipating.

Began near Hale Center (34.1102, -101.8322).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1166472. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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