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EF0 tornado in Limestone County, Texas

Tornado May 23, 2024 · Limestone County, Texas

EF0
Rating
16.0 mi
Whole path
300 yd
Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Falls County → Limestone County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

This is a continuation of a tornado that formed near Reagan in Falls County. The tornado entered Limestone County at 642 pm CDT and crossed 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 Limestone County with maximum estimated winds of 85 mph. It traveled about 2.79 miles in Limestone County before dissipating.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Kosse (31.2850, -96.6400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Falls CountyEF1 Henderson CountyEF0 Falls CountyEF0 Limestone CountyEFU Bell County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1181965. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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