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EF0 tornado in Matagorda County, Texas

Tornado March 5, 2017 · Matagorda County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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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

A tornado was observed and recorded near the intersection of Highway 35 and FM 1095. The tornado was nearly stationary in a field around the Tidehaven School area.

The wider storm

A couple of brief weak tornadoes touched down in open fields and caused no damage.

Began near Elmaton (28.8844, -96.1457).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Brazoria County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 676594. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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