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EF0 tornado in Johnson County, Texas

Tornado May 3, 2021 · Johnson County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$500
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

Per videos from storm chasers, a brief tornado touched down a few miles east of Grandview. During its brief time on the ground, it damaged power lines and a utility pole along with trees in the area. This is consistent with EF-0 damage caused by 65 mph winds.

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 Grandview (32.2771, -97.1279).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Ellis CountyEF2 Hill CountyEF0 Hood CountyEF0 Collin CountyEFU Hill County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 959713. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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