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EF1 tornado in Montague County, Texas

Tornado February 10, 2009 · Montague County, Texas

EF1

Rating

2.4 mi

Path length

800 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 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 NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado tracked from south of Spanish Fort to the Red River with estimated winds of 95-100 MPH. South of Spanish Fort, pecan trees up to 30 inches in diameter were snapped several feet above the ground. Eye witnesses reported a multiple vortex tornado that organized into a large tornado upon crossing the Red River into Oklahoma.

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 Spanish Ft (33.9300, -97.6200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tarrant County EF0 Montague County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 155280. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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