EF0 tornado in Potter County, Texas
Tornado November 16, 2015 · Potter County, Texas
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A brief tornado was reported in an open field in rural eastern Potter County. No damage was observed. The tornado was rated EF-0.
The wider storm
A powerful storm system brought significant severe weather to the region. Tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail accompanied thunderstorms that formed during the afternoon hours and persisted into the evening. This was a very unusual event for late fall in the Central High Plains. One significant factor in this anomalous event was the presence of an unusual amount of moisture for mid-November, contributing to relatively high values of instability. No tornadoes had previously been documented in the Texas Panhandle during the month of November.
Began near (ama)amarillo Intl A (35.4280, -101.6280).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
14 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 608896. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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