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EF2 tornado in Orange County, Texas

Tornado October 27, 2021 · Orange County, Texas

EF2

Rating

6.9 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injury

$3.9M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Orange County → Newton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 large tornado began near Hwy 1130, flipping a double wide mobile home that was tied down. A woman inside was critically injured. Other homes along Hwy 1130 had trees fall on them, roofs ripped off, and wind blown debris damage. The tornado continued north on South Teal Road, blowing down trees. Along Hudnall Road, several homes and garages lost their roofs. The tornado turned a little to the northeast, and hit the Woodland Ridge Acres subdivision off of Hwy 87, blowing down more trees. Max estimated wind speed was 130 MPH. The tornado continued into Newton County.

The wider storm

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

Began near Little Cypress (30.1772, -93.8033).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Orange County EF0 Jefferson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 989262. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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