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EF1 tornado in Dallas County, Texas

Tornado May 24, 2015 · Dallas County, Texas

EF1
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
80 yd
Path width
$600K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 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 National Weather Service damage survey team found evidence of a separate tornado in Dallas County, this time in the city of Irving. The tornado began just north of a golf course in the Los Colinas subdivision, just south of US 114. the tornado moved north and northwest, damaging several trees, two high rise buildings, and several carports. The tornado itself was doing damage for less than three minutes according to eyewitnesses.

The wider storm

For several days, a stalled cold front, combined with abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico combined to produce widespread rain and thunderstorms in Texas. Several rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms occurred during a four day period, producing flash flooding, and numerous reports of large hail. Tornadoes affected areas in central Texas, from near Lampasas to a deadly tornado in Milam County.

Began near Gribble (32.8752, -96.9561).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Milam County 1 deadEF1 Dallas CountyEF1 Lampasas CountyEF1 Coryell CountyEF0 Palo Pinto CountyEF0 Palo Pinto CountyEF0 Palo Pinto CountyEF0 Grayson CountyEF0 Fannin CountyEF0 Freestone County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 576069. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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