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EF1 tornado in Moore County, Texas

Tornado April 21, 2007 · Moore County, Texas

EF1
Rating
2.0 mi
Path length
1,320 yd
Path width
$18K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,320 yards (0.75 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 formed four miles east of Sunray at 1936 CST and moved north exiting Moore county five miles east northeast of Sunray at 1939 CST. The tornado continued into Sherman county for about another six miles before dissipating at 1950 CST. Empty rail cars were overturned northeast of Sunray and a barn was destroyed along with roof damage to several hog barns. No injuries were reported. While in Moore county...the tornado was rated as EF1 but in Sherman county it was rated EF0.

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 Sunray (36.0200, -101.6585).

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 Oldham 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 29730. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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