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EF0 tornado in Brazoria County, Texas

Tornado March 5, 2017 · Brazoria County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

20 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

Tornado briefly touched down around the vicinity of FM 2611 and CR 659.

The wider storm

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

Began near Churchill Bridge (28.9400, -95.5600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Matagorda County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 689155. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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