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EF1 tornado in Clay County, Texas

Tornado November 3, 2024 · Clay County, Texas

EF1
Rating
8.4 mi
Path length
250 yd
Path width
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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 storm chaser observed a tornado at times across northeastern Clay County. The tornado initially developed south of Byers and moved north and then northeast into the far northeastern edge of Clay County dissipating near the Red River. The tornado may have extended into Jefferson County Oklahoma, but no evidence could be found on the Oklahoma side of the Red River.

At least two homes experienced significant roof damage, a couple of barns were significantly damaged and a few large trees were snapped or uprooted.

The wider storm

Another widespread round of strong to severe thunderstorm activity occurred from the early afternoon into mid-evening on the 3rd, primarily across south-central into southeast Oklahoma. Once again, a mixed-mode event produced numerous reports of severe weather (mainly wind and a few tornadoes).

Began near Byers (34.0500, -98.1870).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1224848. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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