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EF2 tornado in Schleicher County, Texas

Tornado May 18, 2019 · Schleicher County, Texas

EF2

Rating

2.1 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

Injury

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

This tornado touched down in northern Schleicher County and took the roof completely off a home made out of stone. The tornado snapped trunks, scattered debris for a considerable distance. The tornado also moved a vehicle and wedged vinyl in between the rim and the rubber of a tire.

The wider storm

A highly sheared environment coupled with a very unstable airmass resulted in the development of strong tornadoes during the early morning hours of May 18. At least seven of the eight tornadoes damaged or destroyed several hundred homes across portions of West Central Texas. One of the supercells produced four long track strong tornadoes.

Began near El Dorado Muni Arpt (31.0384, -100.5931).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Runnels County EF3 Runnels County EF3 Coleman County EF2 Tom Green County EF2 Taylor County EF1 Taylor County EFU McCulloch County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 827043. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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