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Tornado in Sherman County, Texas

Tornado July 7, 2023 · Sherman County, Texas

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Tornado was captured on video by a storm chaser. The video showed there were twin tornadoes from the same circulation in very close proximity briefly. They remained in open county and didn't encounter any damage indicators.

The wider storm

During the late afternoon of the 7th a line of thunderstorms developed in eastern New Mexico and proceeded to move east into and across the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. The strongest and most severe of these storms mainly impacted the TX Panhandle as it progressed. Several severe wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph winds were measured by ground stations across the area. Some of the strongest parts of the storms even produced some heavy rainfall.

Began near Lautz (36.1787, -101.9974).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1180959. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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