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Tornado in Wilbarger County, Texas

Tornado April 27, 2021 · Wilbarger County, Texas

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Three storm chasers reported a tornado that was observed from a long distance. The tornado lasted about a minute, and produced no known damage, so the location is estimated.

The wider storm

A slow moving trough and a dryline helped initiate convection during the afternoon of the 27th. Numerous hail and wind reports were received, along with a few reports of tornadoes.

Began near Grayback (33.8500, -99.0900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Knox County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 954459. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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