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EF2 tornado in Coryell County, Texas

Tornado January 15, 2017 · Coryell County, Texas

EF2

Rating

12.9 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Coryell County → Bosque County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

A National Weather Service storm survey crew found evidence of damage consistent with EF-2 winds in Coryell County. Two homes were damaged to the point where most of their roof was removed. Several barns were destroyed as well, as were multiple pieces of farm and ranch equipment.

The wider storm

Tornadoes occurred. Read the title.

Began near Whitehall (31.4900, -97.6700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bosque County EF1 Hill County EF0 Johnson County EF0 Dallas County EF0 Limestone County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 666461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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