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EF1 tornado in Bell County, Texas

Tornado May 25, 2007 · Bell County, Texas

EF1

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

A tornado was seen touching down near Highway 2410 south of Rancier Road. Fort Hood military personnel then saw it 5 minutes later near the base. The tornado damaged a bicycle shop and a few other buildings including houses. Damage was mainly to walls and roofs.

The wider storm

A cold front stalled across north Texas...providing focus for afternoon thunderstorms. There were several reports of hail and flash flooding.

Began near Killeen (31.1096, -97.7061).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 32640. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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