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EF0 tornado in Liberty County, Texas

Tornado February 3, 2026 · Liberty County, Texas

EF0
Rating
1.8 mi
Path length
120 yd
Path width
$23K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 120 yards (0.07 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Storms moved through Liberty county on February 3rd, where a tornado warned storm passed through the Plum Grove area. Initially broadcast media reported trees down near intersection of County Road 3709 and County Road 3732. In the aftermath of this storm, a survey team was dispatched to assess the damage across the area.

The survey team found that this storm produced two tornadoes, this being the second. This second tornado started along FM 1010 and Wooden Ln, indicated by an uprooted tree and broken wood signage. The tornado entered a largely empty field between FM 1010 and CR 3405, but still saw some tree damage. The tornado then entered the Bella Vista subdivision, causing tree damage, fence damage, and metal structure damage between CR 3405 and CR 3404. No further damage was seen beyond the intersection of CR 3404 and CR 3410. This tornado was rated as an EF0. The most significant damage occurred at a metal structure off of FM 1010 with estimated peak winds of 85 mph. This assessment is based on a metal building system (MBS) with a DOD of 3.

The wider storm

On the third of February, a tornado formed in Plum Grove area in Liberty county.

Began near Kevin (30.2547, -95.0866).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Liberty County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1309177. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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