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EF0 tornado in Gray County, Texas

Tornado March 28, 2007 · Gray County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$3K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

A brief tornado occurred along State Highway 273 east southeast of Lefors. This tornado formed from the same storm that spawned the Jericho tornado. A semi truck heading west experienced a very strong northerly wind that forced him into...and left him straddling...the guardrail on the south side of the highway. East of this location...a tree suffered considerable damage to its large branches and offshoots of its trunk...several of which were snapped. There were no injuries reported.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms during the evening hours produced numerous tornadoes and large hail across the southern...central and eastern Texas panhandle. Heavy rains caused flash flooding in the eastern Texas panhandle during the late night and early morning hours. One man was killed by a tornado in the northeastern Texas panhandle and another person was injured.

Began near Lefors (35.4198, -100.8075).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Hemphill County 1 deadEF3 Gray CountyEF3 Donley CountyEF3 Gray CountyEF2 Beaver County 2 deadEF2 Donley CountyEF2 Gray CountyEF2 Donley CountyEF2 Donley CountyEF1 Gray CountyEF1 Donley CountyEF0 Donley CountyEF0 Donley CountyEF0 Donley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 21939. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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