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EF1 tornado in Matagorda County, Texas

Tornado February 14, 2017 · Matagorda County, Texas

EF1

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

Injuries

$900K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

This EF-1 tornado touched down on the west side of Van Vleck and moved east- northeast through a residential area. It crossed Highway 35 and then dissipated soon after. There was significant damage to two houses, and there were also trunks of hardwood trees snapped. Estimated peak winds were 100 mph.

The wider storm

Several morning tornadoes developed as a storm system moved eastward across the state.

Began near Van Vleck (29.0227, -95.8997).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Fort Bend County EF0 Wharton County EF0 Brazoria County EF0 Fort Bend County EF0 Fort Bend County EF0 Fort Bend County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 681492. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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