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EF2 tornado in Concho County, Texas

Tornado May 2, 2024 · Concho County, Texas

EF2

Rating

6.1 mi

Path length

395 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 395 yards (0.22 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 electrical transmission lines on several

metal truss towers. One of the metal truss towers collapsed due

to the tornado increasing in intensity to an EF2. The path length

and width of the tornado was based on radar and photos of the

damage. The estimated peak wind of the tornado was 130 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. Supercell thunderstorms developed and produced strong tornadoes in Jones, Runnels and Sterling counties which resulted in damage to homes and other structures. Also, severe thunderstorms produced giant size hail and damaging winds.

Began near Concho (31.4831, -99.6676).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Jones County EF3 Coke County EF2 Coke County EF2 Runnels County EFU Jones County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1187524. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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