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EF1 tornado in Kaufman County, Texas

Tornado April 24, 2010 · Kaufman County, Texas

EF1
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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 brief EF-1 tornado, producing winds of 90 mph, touched down in Mabank and significantly damaged a residential home. The tornado was approximately a quarter mile in length.

The wider storm

A linear mesoscale convective system developed in Lampasas County and moved northeast through north Texas on the night of Friday, April 23rd into the early morning hours of the 24th. There were some isolated reports of hail up to the size of golfballs, however most of the damage from these storms resulted from strong straight-line winds up to 90 mph. There was a brief tornado in Mabank in far southeastern Kaufman County. Most of the damage associated with the strong winds were downed trees, power poles, and power lines, but some building and residential damage was evident. Thousands of residents lost power during the event.

Began near Mabank (32.3699, -96.1034).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 225222. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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