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EF0 tornado in Tarrant County, Texas

Tornado April 13, 2007 · Tarrant County, Texas

EF0

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$150K

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 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

This tornado was captured on video by storm chasers. It touched down just west of Highway 377 and just south of Loop 820. It then travelled to Meadows West Park before dissipating. The tornado damaged fences, trees, and street signs. The facade of a business was also slightly damaged.

The wider storm

A strong surface low and dryline interacted with a very unstable atmosphere over North Texas. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes were reported as strong storms developed. A total of 5,500 cars and 3,500 homes and businesses were reportedly damaged by hail.

Began near Benbrook (32.6800, -97.4586).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tarrant County 1 dead EF0 Dallas County EF0 Rockwall County EF0 Hunt County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 24684. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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