EF3 Tornado — Houston, Texas

2012-12-25 · near Fodice, Houston, Texas

Event narrative

The worst of the tornado damage, rated EF3, was along Highway 287, or one mile north of the town of Pennington. An agricultural feed store and restaurant were completely destroyed with the debris scattered off toward the east in a field. There was severe damage to several homes and trailers along the path of the tornado that was indicative of either EF1 or EF2 scale damage.

Wider weather episode

On Christmas Day strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a warm front that was lifting north through the area. One of those storms produced an EF-3 tornado near Pennington, TX.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 426570. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.