EF0 tornado — Tarrant County, Texas

EF0 tornado in Tarrant County, Texas

Tornado March 29, 2017 · Tarrant County, Texas

EF0

Rating

6.5 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$300K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 survey crew determined a tornado produced EF-0 damage in north Fort Worth and Haslet areas. The tornado was embedded in a line of thunderstorms, yet a distinct convergent path was noted for the entire life of this tornado. The tornado began near US 287 and Bonds Ranch Road, before moving north and northeast. The tornado damaged mainly trees and billboards until it crossed Interstate 35W near Timberland Boulevard. Several trees, fences, and approximately 50 roofs suffered damage in housing developments along and north of Timberland.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms developed late in the day on the 28th and moved through much of north Texas during the early morning hours of the 29th. While hail and damaging wind gusts were the primary severe weather events, several QLCS tornadoes were observed as well.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 680325. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Tarrant County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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