EF1 Tornado — Waller, Texas

2024-12-28 · near Brookshire, Waller, Texas

10.9 mi

Path length

150 yds

Path width

Event narrative

An emergency manager reported tornado damage in a mobile home park near Noel Lane, with cars flipped over. Survey teams confirmed damage in this area, finding trees snapped, powerlines down, roofs ripped off or partially ripped off of mobile homes. Additional damage was surveyed further southwest near Grassner Road, where a home was tied down with a hurricane anchored installation and it slid off. In the same area, a barn was overturned, lifted and blew away around 20 yards. Further northeast in Harris county, several pieces of sheet metal were bent on power lines and scattered along Freeman St, with damage to wooden fences. Partial loss of roofs and side walls was found in a few homes nearby by the survey team. Broken windows, garage doors, tree limbs and several large tree branches were also found in the area. The survey team rated this tornado as an EF1 with estimated winds up to 100 mph.

Wider weather episode

Multiple tornadic storms occurred during the afternoon on the 28th, producing hail, wind and tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1224042. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.