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EF0 tornado in McLennan County, Texas

Tornado March 30, 2007 · McLennan County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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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 tornado was spotted in Riesel. It touched down briefly and caused no damage.

The wider storm

An upper low pressure system situated to the west brought large scale lift to north Texas. Southerly winds brought deep rich moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. These and other factors caused numerous thunderstorms to develop. Widespread flooding and wind damage followed, as well as a few tornadoes.

Began near Riesel (31.4800, -96.9300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Coryell County EF1 McLennan County EF0 Eastland County EF0 Erath County EF0 Bell County EF0 Collin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22763. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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