EF0 Tornado — Falls, Texas

2024-05-23 · near Mt Rose, Falls, Texas

Event narrative

This tornado formed northwest of Reagan, just west of State Highway 6, and moved east-northeastward, producing scattered tree damage in the vicinity of Reagan. The tornado continued northeastward, roughly paralleling FM 413, eventually crossing State Highway 14 south of Kosse, just inside the southwest corner of Limestone County. Scattered tree damage occurred in and around Kosse. The tornado dissipated just past Highway 7 east of Kosse. The tornado was rated an EF-0 in Falls County with maximum estimated winds of 85 mph. It traveled about 13.17 miles in Falls County before exiting the county around 642 pm CDT.

Wider weather episode

With a highly unstable airmass in place, a meandering front, a dryline, and a shortwave trough all worked together to generate multiple rounds of thunderstorms May 23 and 24. In addition to large hail and damaging winds, multiple tornadoes also occurred along with a few instances of flash flooding. A total of 6 tornadoes occurred in Central and East Texas: 2 EF-1s, 3 EF-0s, and 1 EF-U.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (31.2266, -96.8491)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1181474. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.