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EF0 tornado in Palo Pinto County, Texas

Tornado April 9, 2008 · Palo Pinto County, Texas

EF0
Rating
1.7 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 tornado touched down near Oran and uprooted several trees and damaged limbs just west of town. As the tornado moved through town, a few houses lost their roofs. East of Oran power poles were snapped along FM 52 before the tornado dissipated. The tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum winds near 85-90 MPH.

The wider storm

Several rounds of storms moved across north Texas on April 8th through 10th. Numerous reports of large hail were received on Tuesday evening. A lone supercell evolved during the afternoon hours of the 9th, producing tornadoes and large hail along its path. Later that evening and into Thursday morning a squall line tracked across north Texas, producing damaging winds and tornadoes into the morning hours.

Began near Oran (32.9500, -98.1710).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Stephens CountyEF1 Johnson CountyEF1 Dallas CountyEF1 Collin CountyEF1 Somervell CountyEF0 Stephens CountyEF0 Grayson CountyEF0 Coryell CountyEF0 Bell CountyEF0 Stephens CountyEF0 Palo Pinto CountyEF0 Wise County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 88426. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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