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EF0 tornado in Coryell County, Texas

Tornado June 17, 2007 · Coryell County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$100K

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 which touched down in Lampasas County continued into Coryell County, damaging portions of Sleepy Hollow Lane and Carroll Drive. Several homes sustained minor damage. One home was blown slightly off its foundation, while others had damage to roofs and decks. Trees and fences were also torn down.

The wider storm

An upper level low lingered in the area for several days. An unstable atmosphere helped kick off several rounds of showers and storms. Boundaries helped focus rainfall totals over the same areas....leading to flash flooding.

Began near Copperas Cove (31.1147, -97.9021).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Lampasas County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 38854. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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