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EF2 Tornado — Orange, Texas

2021-10-27 · near Peveto, Orange, Texas

$2.0M

Property damage

2.1 mi

Path length

50 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado touched down south of Old Hwy 90 near the Hwy 62 exit on I-10, severely damaging a brick home. A large building in the backyard was destroyed, an RV was tossed 25 yards, a truck flipped over, and 3 other vehicles were pushed out of the driveway. An ATV stored in the building in the backyard was picked up by the tornado and tossed across I-10. Further to the north on Hwy 62 at the TX DOT office, large warehouses in the back had the overhead doors blown in. Max estimated winds were 130 MPH.

Wider weather episode

A vigorous storm system moved through Southeast Texas spawning tornadoes and severe weather.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (30.1108, -93.8337)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 989261. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.