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EF1 tornado in Denton County, Texas

Tornado June 10, 2009 · Denton County, Texas

EF1

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 Villas at Waterchase apartment complex in Lewisville was hit by an EF-1 tornado. Sixteen units sustained some type of structural damage. Four chimneys were snapped off roofs on various buildings, a brick wall crumpled on one building and the roof of the same building was peeled back exposing the apartment homes.

The wider storm

An MCS moved through north Texas causing significant damage to areas generally along and north of Interstate 20. Significant and widespread tree, fence and power line damage was reported along the path of the MCS. In addition, three tornadoes touched down in the northern portions of the DFW Metroplex. Approximately 250,000 people were left without power in the Metroplex and hundreds of flights were grounded or cancelled at DFW and DAL.

Began near Lewisville (33.0440, -97.0308).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 178152. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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