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EF0 tornado in Bosque County, Texas

Tornado January 15, 2017 · Bosque County, Texas

EF0
Rating
6.5 mi
Whole path
50 yd
Path width
2
Injuries
$300K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Bosque County → Hill County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 storm survey crew found evidence of a tornado which began in Bosque County northwest of Laguna Park, and ended in Hill County. In Bosque County, the tornado produced EF-0 damage, with damage to trees. In Hill County, approximately 80 homes had some damage, mostly shingle damage on roofs. However, about 10 manufactured homes suffered major damage, with roof and window damage. One older home lost most of its roof and walls, after a tree fell on the home.

The wider storm

Tornadoes occurred. Read the title.

Began near Laguna Park (31.9115, -97.4266).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Coryell CountyEF1 Bosque CountyEF0 Johnson CountyEF0 Dallas CountyEF0 Limestone County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 739562. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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