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EF0 tornado in Tarrant County, Texas

Tornado March 29, 2017 · Tarrant County, Texas

EF0
Rating
11.4 mi
Path length
500 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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 caused damage to several areas in Fort Worth, Keller, and the far western portions of Southlake. This tornado occurred in a broader area of thunderstorm winds, yet a convergent path of damage was noted in Keller, especially near US 377 and North Tarrant Parkway. Several homes suffered minor roof damage, while fence and tree damage was most common. One business suffered damage to their roof and several awnings.

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.

Began near Ft Worth Blue Mnd Ar (32.8610, -97.3310).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Denton CountyEF0 Tarrant County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 680326. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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