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EF0 tornado in Tarrant County, Texas

Tornado January 15, 2017 · Tarrant County, Texas

EF0
Rating
3.1 mi
Whole path
40 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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

A National Weather Service damage survey crew found evidence of a small tornado near the Johnson/Tarrant County line. The tornado began near Lone Star Road and US 287 in the far southern portion of the City of Mansfield. The tornado did minor damage to four businesses, damaging overhead doors on metal buildings. One manufactured home suffered roof damage in Johnson County, while one barn was destroyed as the tornado moved into far southern Tarrant County.

The wider storm

Tornadoes occurred. Read the title.

Began near Mansfield (32.5500, -97.1000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Coryell CountyEF1 Bosque CountyEF1 Hill CountyEF0 Dallas CountyEF0 Limestone County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 666467. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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