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EF1 tornado in Jasper County, Texas

Tornado December 23, 2020 · Jasper County, Texas

EF1

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

45 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 45 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 briefly touched down in Kirbyville. It started near the FM 1013/FM 252

intersection where a car was tipped over. In the neighboring area, a couple homes lost some shinglesand several trees were snapped or uprooted.

The wider storm

A cold front moved through Southeast Texas causing scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. Two tornadoes also occurred.

Began near Kirbyville (30.6649, -93.9058).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Newton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 934460. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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