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EF0 tornado in Hood County, Texas

Tornado May 3, 2021 · Hood County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$500

Damage as recorded

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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 tornado formed along Davis Road in east Granbury and traveled slowly north-northwest. Spotter videos show the tornado was occurring for approximately 2 minutes with debris consisting mainly of leaves and small branches being lofted into the air. Damage to a car port and some mature trees occurred along the path. The tornado dissipated as it approached Highway 377. Maximum winds were estimated at 65 mph with a width of 50 yards.

The wider storm

Numerous severe thunderstorms erupted along a cold front in the afternoon and evening hours. Many of the storms produced large hail, and a total of 6 tornadoes were recorded. The most significant tornado was an EF-2 in Ellis County, but an EF-2 tornado also occurred in Hill County. Several reports of golf ball sized hail were received, but the largest hail stone reported was 3 inches in Johnson County.

Began near Acton (32.4403, -97.7406).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Ellis County EF2 Hill County EF0 Collin County EF0 Johnson County EFU Hill County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 959708. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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