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EF1 tornado in McLennan County, Texas

Tornado March 30, 2007 · McLennan County, Texas

EF1

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

The back half of a rodeo arena was destroyed. The building was made out of metal.

The wider storm

An upper low pressure system situated to the west brought large scale lift to north Texas. Southerly winds brought deep rich moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. These and other factors caused numerous thunderstorms to develop. Widespread flooding and wind damage followed, as well as a few tornadoes.

Began near Mcgregor (31.4245, -97.4357).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Coryell County EF0 Eastland County EF0 Erath County EF0 Bell County EF0 Collin County EF0 McLennan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 14401. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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