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EF3 tornado in Terrell County, Texas

Tornado June 2, 2024 · Terrell County, Texas

EF3

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

Injuries

$400K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF3 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF3 is severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, consistent with estimated gusts of 136–165 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

Photos showed a tornado formed very near Sanderson along a ridge northwest of town. This tornado immediately entered a neighborhood west of US Highway 285 in Sanderson. Damage in this neighborhood included damage to walls and roofs of several houses with the complete destruction of a manufactured home. A sturdy steel carport collapsed in on itself, and trees were debarked in the area. This damage was rated with a max estimated wind speed of 140 MPH, making this tornado an EF-3. This tornado would continue a short distance to the east of this neighborhood, moving shipping containers and snapping power poles before lifting. Property damage cost is an estimation. Additionally, 12 injuries were reported, one was critical.

The wider storm

Troughing across the western CONUS with leading shortwave impulses continued to aid in developing severe thunderstorms around the higher terrain of west Texas. Several intense supercells produced very large hail and tornadoes near the Stockton Plateau region, including a damaging tornado that impacted the town of Sanderson.

Began near (p07)sanderson (30.1531, -102.4236).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Terrell County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1196190. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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