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EF1 tornado in Liberty County, Texas

Tornado May 11, 2021 · Liberty County, Texas

EF1

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$300K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

The tornado touched down near County Road 308 and uprooted several large hardwood trees, some of which damaged homes. The trees which fell in different locations were large but fairly shallow rooted.

The wider storm

A lone thunderstorm in the morning uprooted numerous trees in parts of Polk County. More widespread thunderstorms in afternoon produced multiple reports of funnel clouds, hail and wind damage. Two brief tornadoes were also reported.

Began near Cleveland Muni Arpt (30.3007, -95.0109).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Houston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 957402. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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