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EF0 tornado in Van Zandt County, Texas

Tornado April 29, 2016 · Van Zandt County, Texas

EF0

Rating

2.6 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 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

Fire department spotters observed a tornado to the north of the city of Edom. A NWS damage survey crew found evidence of EF-0 damage to several trees to the northwest and northeast of the city. Several county roads were closed for a brief period of time due to the trees blocking the roadways.

The wider storm

A warm front and a dry line combined to produce another round of severe weather across the region. Three tornadoes occurred on April 29th producing relatively minor damage equivalent to EF-0 damage. The big story during this period was the 6 flash flood fatalities in the Palestine area in Anderson County on the night of the 29th.

Began near Primrose (32.4361, -95.6149).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Collin County EF0 Bosque County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 624249. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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