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EF2 tornado in Jasper County, Texas

Tornado April 22, 2020 · Jasper County, Texas

EF2

Rating

36.4 mi

Whole path

600 yd

Path width

$475K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jasper County → Newton County → Vernon Parish, Louisiana; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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

The tornado developed along County Road 278 east of Jasper, Texas. The storm produced damage to roofs and homes, and snapped trees along its path. The tornado debarked trees at times, along its path.

The wider storm

A cold front drifted into the area and stalled while short waves passed aloft. Severe weather occurred over multiple days with hail, wind damage, and tornadoes reported.

Began near Holly Spgs (30.9325, -93.8965).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 887013. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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