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EF2 tornado in Carson County, Texas

Tornado April 21, 2007 · Carson County, Texas

EF2
Rating
12.4 mi
Path length
440 yd
Path width
$72K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 nine miles east northeast of Claude at 2035 CST and entered Carson county at 2037 CST one and a half miles southwest of Groom. The tornado tracked north and traveled about another ten miles before dissipating at 2110 CST ten miles east of Panhandle. In Carson county...the tornado plowed through a storage area for tractors and other farm equipment. Tractors...turbines...vehicles...cotton presser box cars similar to railroad cars were moved and thrown about in the tornado for considerable distances. Power poles were also damaged. No 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 Groom (35.1847, -101.1188).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Moore CountyEF2 Moore CountyEF1 Oldham 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 29734. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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