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EF2 tornado in Crockett County, Texas

Tornado May 4, 2024 · Crockett County, Texas

EF2
Rating
20.1 mi
Path length
125 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

The tornado damaged several structures on Acton Ranch about

26 miles south-southwest of Ozona, Texas. The tornado uplifted

and destroyed the roof structure of a barn with concrete walls.

The tornado also lifted a heavy metal bulk feeder at least 5

feet in the air and moved it at least 150 feet from its original

location. The tornado also snapped the trunk of a 150 year old

cottonwood tree. The estimated peak wind speed of the

tornado was 115 mph.

The wider storm

A favorable weather pattern for widespread severe weather was in place across west central Texas during early May. There was an upper level southwest flow and a sharp dryline in the area. Also, extreme instability was present along with strong vertical wind shear during the late afternoon and evening hours. A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado in Crockett County. Also, severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds.

Began near Ozona (30.3416, -101.4319).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1187520. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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