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EF0 tornado in Scurry County, Texas

Tornado April 27, 2021 · Scurry County, Texas

EF0

Rating

2.6 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 thunderstorm produced a tornado near Hermleigh, TX with multiple reports from spotters. This tornado was rated as an EF-0 and the path length and width as well as total duration were estimated. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

An upper level trough was over the Desert Southwest. A dryline was

present across West Texas. There was high instability and high

moisture east of the dryline. Wind shear was also high across the

area. These conditions resulted in thunderstorms that produced large

hail, strong and damaging winds, and a tornado across portions of the

Permian Basin.

Began near Hermleigh (32.5891, -100.7986).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 950605. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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