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EF0 tornado in Jim Wells County, Texas

Tornado June 17, 2015 · Jim Wells County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 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

Tornado briefly touched down near County Road 470. The tornado caused tree damage and moved a large propane tank from one property to another.

The wider storm

Very high moisture was left over South Texas on the 17th as the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill moved northward into north-central Texas. Numerous showers and thunderstorms produced flash flooding in the morning across the Victoria Crossroads and in the afternoon over the coastal areas of the Coastal Bend. Several roads were flooded with water 2 to 3 feet deep. Additional storms formed during the early evening hours from the inland Coastal Bend north to the Victoria Crossroads. Excessive rainfall occurred near Alice where just over 9 inches of rainfall occurred in less than 3 hours. Many water rescues occurred in Alice as vehicles were stranded in high water or water reached homes in low lying areas.

Began near Ben Bolt (27.6689, -98.0918).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 591524. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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