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EF1 tornado in McCulloch County, Texas

Tornado March 15, 2024 · McCulloch County, Texas

EF1

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 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 brief tornado touched down near a residence off Private Road 839 in McCulloch County and lifted a large metal barn into the air which landed on a neighbor's barn along their property line.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed across portions of the Heartland and the Northwest Hill Country during the late night of the 14th into the morning hours of the 15th. A few storms were severe and produced large hail and a tornado in McCulloch County.

Began near Satuit (31.1734, -99.2324).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1168291. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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