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Tornado in Shackelford County, Texas
Tornado March 19, 2020 · Shackelford County, Texas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jones County → Shackelford County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 135 yards (0.08 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This tornado began just inside Jones County northeast of Abilene and crossed into southwest Shackelford County. There was a report of debris deposited along the Jones and Shackelford County lines. Radar also showed a debris ball signature in this area.
The wider storm
A cold front interacting with an upper level disturbance and plenty of moisture triggered a supercell just northwest of Throckmorton on March 17. Stormchasers videtoped a brief tornado touchdown just northwest of Throckmorton.
By the afternoon of March 18 into the early morning hours of March 19, a strong upper level low pressure system moved northeast across the Panhandle. Plenty of wind shear and instability interacted with a dryline, copious gulf moisture and triggered an isolated discrete supercell. This tornadic supercell produced at least three tornadoes from southeast Nolan County to Taylor, Jones and Shackelford Counties. Two of the tornadoes were EF-2 at times and did extension damage along its track across four counties.
Began near Acampo (32.5726, -99.6096).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 880553. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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