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EF0 tornado in Harris County, Texas

Tornado March 24, 2017 · Harris County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Damage in and around a residence near the intersection of East Osage Road and East Shawnee included a mobile home moved, shingles removed on a home, a large tree limb (unknown origin) down in the yard and a large mattress lofted across the property.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms produced strong winds, large hail and a tornado across Southeast Texas.

Began near Cedar Bayou (29.7829, -94.8774).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 676573. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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