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EF0 tornado in Limestone County, Texas

Tornado April 26, 2011 · Limestone County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.7 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

A NWS Storm Survey determined an EF-0 tornado began approximately 4 miles south-southeast of Thornton. This tornado had a path length of approximately 0.75 miles and an estimated width of 100 yards. Some tree damage occurred with this tornado and winds were estimated near 75 mph.

The wider storm

Another round of severe weather occurred on April 26th as another upper level disturbance rounded a larger upper trough and moved into north Texas. A warm front was draped across the region, and the environment was conducive for supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were reported. There were 10 tornadoes confirmed on April 26th, with two rated EF-1 and the remaining rated EF-0. One EF-1 tornado occurred in Van Zandt County, near Ben Wheeler, and tracked nearly 8 miles. The winds were estimated to be near 100 MPH with this tornado. The other EF-1 tornado occurred in downtown Groesbeck causing damage to several buildings.

Began near Thornton (31.3529, -96.5615).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Van Zandt CountyEF1 Limestone CountyEF0 Kaufman CountyEF0 Kaufman CountyEF0 Kaufman CountyEF0 Navarro CountyEF0 Limestone CountyEF0 McLennan CountyEF0 McLennan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 302221. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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