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EF0 tornado in Dallas County, Texas

Tornado January 15, 2017 · Dallas County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

$120K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 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 storm survey crew found evidence of a brief tornado in the southern sections of Grand Prairie. About 20 homes suffered minor roof damage. In the neighborhood, most fences were blown down or destroyed, as were about 40 trees.

The wider storm

Tornadoes occurred. Read the title.

Began near Grand Prairie Arpt (32.6900, -97.0340).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Coryell County EF1 Bosque County EF1 Hill County EF0 Johnson County EF0 Limestone County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 666468. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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