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EF1 tornado in Chambers County, Texas

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Chambers County, Texas

EF1

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

An EF-1 tornado touched down and caused damage within the Lanai Subdivision along Interstate 10 between FM 3180 and FM 565. Several homes sustained minor roof damage and numerous trees were uprooted. There were some snapped trees and power lines. One large trailer was overturned.

The wider storm

Strong damaging wind gusts and one tornado occurred in association with the passage of a squall line of thunderstorms.

Began near Cove (29.8268, -94.8210).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Colorado County EF0 Brazoria County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 784793. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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