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EF1 tornado in Donley County, Texas

Tornado March 28, 2007 · Donley County, Texas

EF1
Rating
7.3 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$5K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

This tornado crossed Highway 287, damaging a home along the south side of the highway.

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 Clarendon (34.8687, -100.9748).

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 CountyEF0 Gray CountyEF0 Donley CountyEF0 Donley CountyEF0 Donley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 21954. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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