EF0 tornado in Hemphill County, Texas
Tornado November 16, 2015 · Hemphill County, Texas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Gray County → Roberts County → Roberts County → Hemphill County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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
This tornado began in Roberts County. The path details of this tornado are based on trained spotter accounts and radar information. No damage was observed. A rating of EF-0 was assigned.
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 Canadian Hemphill Ar (35.8397, -100.5408).
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 611455. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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