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EF0 tornado in Brazoria County, Texas

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Brazoria County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$30K

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 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

The EF-0 tornado tracked through Angleton and damaged firehouse bay doors while producing significant tree damage to the southeast of the firehouse. There was also minor roof damage to some surrounding structures.

The wider storm

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

Began near Angleton (29.1700, -95.4300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Chambers County EF0 Colorado County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 786923. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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