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EF0 tornado in Montague County, Texas

Tornado February 10, 2009 · Montague County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

35 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 35 yards (0.02 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

One home on the south side of Belcherville along FM 1816 sustained roof damage. Multiple outbuildings in the same area were destroyed or suffered extensive damage. Two trees were uprooted, a shed was destroyed, and an empty water tank that was 10 feet in diameter was flipped over. The path of this tornado was estimated to be 100 yards in length. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with estimated winds of 80 mph. This same storm went on to produce a tornado in northern Montague County near Spanish Fort.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms along a dryline moved into the northwestern portions of north Texas during the early evening hours. A Pacific front overtook the dryline during the evening hours and a severe squall line moved through north Texas. Widespread wind damage and hail was common, and a few tornadoes also occurred in Montague and Tarrant counties.

Began near Belcherville (33.7888, -97.8338).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tarrant County EF1 Montague County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 154942. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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