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EF0 tornado in Parker County, Texas

Tornado April 17, 2008 · Parker County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

$3K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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 storm spotter reported a brief touchdown about six to seven miles north of Aledo on Farmer Road. The tornado was on the ground for about a minute as it moved due east. Power flashes were reported in association with the tornado.

The wider storm

A potent supercell developed during the afternoon and moved eastward along a cold front. This storm was responsible for hail as large as baseballs as it moved across Jack, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, and Tarrant Counties. A squall line developed along the southward moving cold front later that evening, producing a few reports of thunderstorm winds and large hail.

Began near Anneta (32.7565, -97.6010).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 94070. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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