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EF0 tornado in Freestone County, Texas

Tornado May 25, 2015 · Freestone County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$5K
Crop damage
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

Trained spotters observed a brief tornado near Kirvin. The spotters reported the tornado was producing damage for less than two minutes, as it moved across open farmland.

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 Kirvin (31.7534, -96.3357).

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 Dallas CountyEF1 Lampasas CountyEF1 Coryell CountyEF0 Palo Pinto CountyEF0 Palo Pinto CountyEF0 Palo Pinto CountyEF0 Grayson CountyEF0 Fannin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 576306. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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