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EF0 tornado in Harris County, Texas

Tornado December 26, 2024 · Harris County, Texas

EF0

Rating

2.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Video from public showed a waterspout making landfall from Lake Houston. Another video from public showed this tornado on ground, moving through in Huffman. No damage was observed by survey teams. As a result, wind speeds were estimated to be 60 mph, consistent with EF0 levels.

The wider storm

Storms on the 26th of December produced tornadoes and waterspouts.

Began near Huffman (30.0200, -95.1200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Wharton County EF1 Harris County EF0 Liberty County EF0 Liberty County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1223999. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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