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EF0 tornado in Fort Bend County, Texas

Tornado February 14, 2017 · Fort Bend County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.4 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$200K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

This EF-0 tornado tracked southeastward through the northern part of Stafford and shattered windows in a business area just west of the intersection of FM 1092 and Mula Rd. A 400 pound AC unit was shifted on the roof. Numerous greenhouses were damaged at a nursery along FM 1092. Southeast of the nursery, metal storage buildings were damaged or destroyed. There was more spotty wind damage beyond the end of the more continuous track. An eyewitness observed swirling debris as the storm moved through. The shifting winds were also observed from a gas station security video. Estimated peak winds were 80 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near Stafford (29.6335, -95.5668).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Fort Bend CountyEF1 Matagorda CountyEF0 Wharton CountyEF0 Brazoria CountyEF0 Fort Bend CountyEF0 Fort Bend County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 681495. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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