EF0 tornado — McLennan County, Texas

EF0 tornado in McLennan County, Texas

Tornado June 25, 2007 · McLennan County, Texas

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

Injury

$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 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 brief tornado touched down in the middle of a baseball game, pushing over a dumpster and causing damage to trees and light poles. A woman was thrown against a fence and had to be taken to the hospital. Many spectators at the ballfield saw the tornado, and had to hold the bleachers down so they would not be picked up. Large tree limbs fell on nearby power lines, causing a power outage in the area for about five hours. Another limb shattered a truck windshield. Nearby residents reported that the tornado also threw a heavyweight lifting bench weighing 150 lbs across a yard and damaged a garage door.

The wider storm

An upper low remained over the area triggering several rounds of showers and thunderstorms. A very moist environment encouraged flash flooding.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 38671. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in McLennan County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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