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EF0 tornado in Liberty County, Texas

Tornado December 26, 2024 · Liberty County, Texas

EF0

Rating

1.1 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

A video on social media from trained spotter showed a tornado on the ground in field northwest of Dayton. No damage was observed by survey teams. Wind speeds were estimated at 60 mph, at EF0 levels.

The wider storm

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

Began near Eastgate (30.0700, -95.0200).

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 Harris County EF0 Liberty County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1224013. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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