EF1 tornado in Moore County, Texas
Tornado April 21, 2007 · Moore County, Texas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Moore County → Moore County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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 the National Weather Service wrote
This tornado formed four miles east of Dumas at 1945 CST and moved northeast and likely dissipated about four miles south of Sunray at 2000 CST. Minor damage was reported at Texas Beef Feedyard. Damage included double wooden power poles which were snapped near their bases. 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 Dumas (35.8500, -101.8987).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
15 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 29739. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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