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Tornado in Gaines County, Texas

Tornado June 10, 2024 · Gaines County, Texas

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Not rated

1.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple observers reported a brief cone tornado to the northeast of Loop. The tornado only lasted two to three minutes over open fields. The tornado likely dissipated near US Highway 83. No damage was reported and this tornado is rated EF-Unknown. Path is estimated from reports and radar data.

The wider storm

A weak, convectively enhanced upper-low over the Texas/New Mexico border aided in the development of severe thunderstorms ahead of this feature. This included hail, damaging winds, and a couple of brief tornadoes.

Began near Loop (32.9297, -102.3658).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EFU Dawson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1196202. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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