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EF1 tornado in Armstrong County, Texas

Tornado April 21, 2007 · Armstrong County, Texas

EF1
Rating
3.3 mi
Path length
440 yd
Path width
$4K
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 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 about two miles south of Wayside in Armstrong county at 1945 CST. Power poles were reported to be damaged and the public reported seeing the tornado drop into Palo Duro Canyon. 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 Wayside (34.7511, -101.5500).

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 Moore 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 29738. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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