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EF2 tornado in Harris County, Texas

Tornado October 31, 2015 · Harris County, Texas

EF2
Rating
4.8 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$12.0M
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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-2 tornado began near the Genoa Red Bluff and Red Bluff intersection in Pasadena and ended near the Spencer Highway and Myrtle Creek Drive intersection

in La Porte. The tornado caused extensive tree, fence and power line damage. Low end EF-2 damage was observed where the tornado demolished an industrial building and caused significant roof loss to several homes in La Porte. One of these homes lost a portion of an exterior brick wall. The estimated peak wind was 125 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 Ellington Field (29.6383, -95.1126).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 602185. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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