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EF0 tornado in Oldham County, Texas

Tornado April 21, 2007 · Oldham County, Texas

EF0
Rating
17.1 mi
Whole path
880 yd
Path width
$12K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Oldham County → Hartley County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 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 formed four miles west of Boys Ranch at 1751 CST and tracked north northeast. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 385 at the Oldham and Hartley county line before exiting Oldham county at 1759 CST five miles northwest of Boys Ranch. The tornado continued in Hartley county for about another thirteen miles... before dissipating at 1827 CST. The tornado was rated as EF1 in Hartley county...but was rated as EF0 in Oldham county since it remained over open country. No damage or injuries were reported.

The wider storm

Numerous severe thunderstorms producing large hail...damaging winds...and tornadoes moved north and northeast across the western and central Texas panhandle during the evening hours. The only injuries occurred in Cactus from a tornado...however no fatalities were reported.

Began near Boys Ranch (35.5300, -102.3211).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Moore CountyEF2 Carson CountyEF2 Moore CountyEF1 Moore CountyEF1 Armstrong CountyEF1 Moore CountyEF1 Randall CountyEF1 Gray CountyEF0 Sherman CountyEF0 Sherman CountyEF0 Armstrong CountyEF0 Moore CountyEF0 Moore CountyEF0 Armstrong CountyEF0 Sherman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 29725. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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