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EF1 tornado in Kleberg County, Texas

Tornado May 31, 2016 · Kleberg County, Texas

EF1

Rating

2.2 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

$1.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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-1 tornado touched down near Farm to Market Road 1717 and traveled west across Highway 77 into Dick Kleberg Park. Numerous large trees and utility poles were snapped. Bleachers at the park were tossed 300 yards. A portion of the roof from a metal building was blown off. Estimated peak wind speed was 110 mph.

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance moving across South Texas, combined with a very moist and unstable atmosphere, produced strong to severe thunderstorms across South Texas on May 31st. The strongest storms crossed Kleberg County and produced 3 tornadoes, very strong winds, large hail, and torrential rainfall.

Began near (nqi)nas Kingsville (27.4664, -97.8316).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Kleberg County EF0 Live Oak County EF0 Kleberg County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 639755. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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