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EF0 tornado in Brazoria County, Texas

Tornado October 31, 2015 · Brazoria County, Texas

EF0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
40 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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

An EF-0 tornado tracked from a subdivision south of the Brazos Mall knocking down fences and shallow rooted trees. The tornado then tracked across Hobby Lobby and the eastern end of the mall where it caused roof damage. It then continued into a subdivision to the northeast of the mall uprooting several large trees. Estimated peak wind speed was 85 mph.

The wider storm

Tornadoes formed along a near coastal county warm frontal boundary that was downstream of a central Texas cold front.

Began near Lake Jackson (29.0434, -95.4642).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Brazoria CountyEF2 Harris CountyEF2 Brazoria CountyEF1 Brazoria CountyEF1 Brazoria CountyEF0 Brazoria CountyEF0 Brazoria CountyEF0 Harris CountyEF0 Harris CountyEF0 Harris County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 602177. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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