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EF0 tornado in Houston County, Texas

Tornado April 13, 2019 · Houston County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.2 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

Damage path discovered at this location. May be longer. Awaiting more info from Forest Service.

The wider storm

A storm system moving eastward across the state produced several tornadoes, some wind damage and large hail.

Began near Ratcliff (31.3670, -95.0790).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Houston County 2 dead EF2 Houston County EF1 Houston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 821591. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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