EF0 Tornado — Hardeman, Texas

2015-05-16 · near Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas

1.9 mi

Path length

400 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A storm chaser documented the beginning of a large and long-lived tornado in northeast Hardeman County. No damage is known to have occurred in Hardeman County. The tornado moved into Wilbarger County and eventually into Oklahoma with a total path length of 40 miles.

Wider weather episode

With an upper low traversing the region, a cold front stationed over the panhandles, and a developing dryline, storms developed out in the panhandles early on the 16th and made their way eastward across western north Texas through the day. Toward evening, when the severe weather occurred, the front surged eastward with a line of storms forming along it.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 582218. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.