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EF0 tornado in Brewster County, Texas

Tornado May 3, 2019 · Brewster County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 thunderstorm produced a landspout tornado about 15 miles northeast of Marathon. The tornado was viewed from Highway 385 from a distance of 20 miles northeast of Marathon. Review of images and radar data suggest that the landspout was located approximately 15 miles northeast of Marathon. The tornado remained over open fields east of Highway 385, and no damage was observed.

The wider storm

An upper level trough was moving from over the Rocky Mountains to southeast New Mexico and West Texas which provided lift. A dryline was present across the area with good moisture to the east of this feature. Strong instability and wind shear were also present. A cold front was also beginning to move into the area during the evening hours. These conditions resulted in thunderstorms developing with large hail, strong winds, and a couple of tornadoes across West Texas and southeast New Mexico.

Began near Haymond (30.3232, -103.0242).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Glasscock County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 814261. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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